>Firestarters of the Soul by Gary Fultz Picture Truth # 5

> Watching the snow fall outside my window stirs the desire in me to go winter camping!      I’m serious; it can be an unbelievable great time. Some of you would start planning and packing if I invited you on the next outing! For others the very idea glances off their brain like a bugContinue reading “>Firestarters of the Soul by Gary Fultz Picture Truth # 5”

>Sowing your wild oats? Picture Truth Series #4 by Gary Fultz

> A sea of weed seeds ready to sow The bulldozing strip was perfect. I stood in a sea of white weeds while deer hunting last November in wool pants. I spent a whole evening, after hunting, picking out all the various types of weed seeds that stick to the wool. Like the dandelion, theseContinue reading “>Sowing your wild oats? Picture Truth Series #4 by Gary Fultz”

>Solitude Picture Truth 3 by Gary Fultz

> Solitude  Auras of mystery surround places of solitude. The very word fills pages of novels, entices the busy, and secretes fear into the lost. Solitude hides a secret ingredient in the discovery of inner peace. She whispers of fulfilled longings and whisks sweet fantasies into the souls of dreamers. Solitude begs the wilderness toContinue reading “>Solitude Picture Truth 3 by Gary Fultz”

>Who is still in the running? by Gary Fultz

> WHO?? I would hope that we all set some goals to accomplish in 2011. Who is taking the proper steps to meeting them?I want to know how you are getting it done? What kind of things have you put into place to make sure you stay on track? Who is still in the running?.Continue reading “>Who is still in the running? by Gary Fultz”

>Angry Beaver — Picture truths series #2 By Gary Fultz

Vicious beaver             Here I was, minding my own business on an absolutely calm evening with the lake all to myself. I was    catching a load of crappies from a canoe barely drifting through the moon lit evening. I just about tipped the canoe when the water was torpedoed by this angry beaver. This beaverContinue reading “>Angry Beaver — Picture truths series #2 By Gary Fultz”

>Picture Truth #1 Nature and Inner Peace by Gary Fultz

> Boundary Waters canoe Area Wilderness Waterfall I admit it; I wanted to stop, build a cabin and stay here forever. A sense of inner peace flooded my very soul. In the spirit of that moment I forgot about everything practical. I could have shucked all commitments, responsibilities, job, the coming winter, and a smallContinue reading “>Picture Truth #1 Nature and Inner Peace by Gary Fultz”

>Best fishing tackle for Ice Pike By Gary Fultz

> Brass flutter spoon     It cannot get any less complicated than a stick with some fishing line, leader, and a spoon hook. It’s all you need to catch northern pike through the ice. My brother and I have pulled out over 200 fish through the ice this winter alone, fishing mostly weekends.     IsContinue reading “>Best fishing tackle for Ice Pike By Gary Fultz”

A Case for…Outdoor Adventures

>             46″ pike… Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness I’m a thrill seeker in the outdoor arena. Adventure stirs and wakens brain cells my teachers thought were missing. It’s not enough for me to to read adventure stories and fantasize surviving the “call of the wild” lifestyle. I want to live it and tell theContinue reading “A Case for…Outdoor Adventures”

Food for Thought

>                                Scrambled eggs, coffee after a good Time with God by the fire this morning I heard it….I heard it again…then again….     How I start my day has become important to me. I have had to discipline myself to listen to all the voices vying for the days attention startingContinue reading “Food for Thought”

>Day is Done by Gary Fultz

>                                                                                          Nice photo Hutch!     A beautiful sunset marks the end of a perfect evening on the water. You shiver as the big Timbers start to moan at the end of the tamarack swamp nearby. It’s so still that you can hear your fingers squish a couple of big Minnesota  mosquitoes honing in onContinue reading “>Day is Done by Gary Fultz”