I carry a bag when I’m in the field. I carry a bag when I’m running errands around town. I carry a bag more or less whenever I leave the house for anything more than to walk the dog or take my evening stroll. Ideally, so that I need not worry about being without some item of my essential kit as a result of switching between different bags for different activities, I very much prefer the bag I carry for all these diverse purposes to be the same bag.
While attending the Midwest Birding Symposium in Lakeside, Ohio, I had the exceptional good fortune to meet Connie, author of Birds O’ The Morning. During our many conversations over the course of the symposium, she casually commented to me that she really appreciated all the interesting items of field gear I profile on Born Again […]
In the more-or-less immortal words of Mr. James Brown, “Papa’s got a brand new bag.” Not being exceptionally familiar with Mr. Brown’s music, I’m not certain as to just what he meant when he sang those words; however when I write them, they mean that I went down to my friendly and relatively local Filson […]