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Columnist longs for boots on icy ground
Gillespie Life, Outdoors
Columnist longs for boots on icy ground
by Gayne C. Young 
December 18, 2024
Outdoors On Edge Ilong to step foot on Antarctica, despite the fact that I hate cold weather with every fiber of my being. Yes, I’m quite the enigma. I’ve wanted to visit our southernmost continent since I was a kid. I spent hours upon hours reading of the men who “discovered,” explored and mapped T...
Here be lions … maybe
Gillespie Life, Outdoors
Here be lions … maybe
by Gayne C. Young 
December 11, 2024
Outdoors On Edge The following encounter is true. It took place two weeks ago. The names have been changed and the locale kept vague to protect the individual involved. Tom and Bonnie were awakened at 3 a.m. by a sound they couldn’t identify. The disturbance repeated. It was low. Guttural. Primeval....
Outdoor threads: A new Texas Standard
Gillespie Life, Outdoors
Outdoor threads: A new Texas Standard
by Gayne C. Young 
December 4, 2024
Outdoors On Edge The Lone Star State has seen a renaissance in outdoor clothing in the past few years. Small boutique labels have seen huge growth in popularity, thanks to the birth of ecommerce and marketing made affordable thanks to social media. One such company, Texas Standard, has benefitted fr...
The White House Thanksgiving raccoon
Gillespie Life, Outdoors
The White House Thanksgiving raccoon
by Gayne C. Young 
November 27, 2024
Outdoors On Edge Following up on last week’s raccoon column… Raccoon was once considered for the main course for Thanksgiving Dinner at the White Hous...
An oversupply of raccoons leads to recipes
Gillespie Life, Outdoors
An oversupply of raccoons leads to recipes
by Gayne C. Young 
November 20, 2024
Outdoors On Edge When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When Nazi Germany leaves you an ever-multiplying and garbage diving legacy, make sausage. ...
My birthday wish list for 2024
Gillespie Life, Outdoors
My birthday wish list for 2024
by Gayne C. Young 
November 13, 2024
Outdoors On Edge November 13 will find me turning another year older and, as is tradition, I’ve decided to craft a gift list of ideas for those intere...
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