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27
February

What would you spend your last dollar on?

            My dad’s mom, my Grandma Betty, was an avid reader. When she passed away I inherited a wonderful collection of old books that included some first edition Hemingway’s and a first edition of Gone With the Wind. I too am an avid reader and while I didn’t own any collectable editions I had stacks of books in the bedroom and boxes of them in the closet.

            Inheriting those old books was the perfect excuse to build some bookcases in our study. An estimate from a professional was enough for us to realize that they had to be a do-it-yourself project. I am very pleased with how they turned out, though my wife is responsible for the design, most of the installation, and all of the trim work and joinery. She considers me unskilled labor. When we make measurements I always hold the “dumb” end of the tape measure.

            The bookcases that looked too big a decade ago are now overflowing. A good friend once told me that she thought I would spend my last dollar on a book, and I think she is right. I enjoy cruising the stacks at used bookstores and I keep the postman busy with deliveries from Amazon.

            My collection is quite eclectic. I discovered Archibald Rutledge, the first Poet Laureate of South Carolina, when he was mentioned in an article about Robert Ruark. A good friend gave me a copy of Ruark’s The Old Man and the Boy and I have since given copies of this book to others and hope they love it as much as I do. There are books about elk hunting in Montana and pier fishing in the southeast. There is a book on the Colorado Trail and Audubon’s Birds of America. Fiction by CJ Box, Stuart Kaminsky, Joseph Wambaugh, Michael Connelly, John D. MacDonald, Louis L’Amour and many others. I read Indian Creek Chronicles: A Winter in the Wilderness by Pete Fromm a few years ago and consider it among my favorites. There are too many to mention them all, so many that I should check and see if the floor joists in the study need to be reinforced.

            Books and reading are an important part of my life. So is writing. I’ve heard that the best thing about being a writer is that it makes you a better reader, and I’d agree with that statement.

            What a great deal.

          I wrote a guest blog post at The Introverted Reader site:

         http://www.theintrovertedreader.com/2012/02/author-michael-hervey-saturdays-in.html

         Jen was kind enough to feature Soundkeeper on her blog, and I am giving away two copies of my book through her blog. I like the entry I wrote; it says a lot about why I write.

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20
February

Thoughts while floating upside down through the rapids…

                Even though we got a little sleet here in last night, and my wife drove home from the coast in a near white-out yesterday, it will be near 70 degrees by the end of the week and that means it is time to plan the annual “boys” fishing trip. 

                It’s tough getting our schedules together; five men with families and jobs, but it’s always worth the effort. We’ve towed the boat to Florida a few times and driven a van to New Orleans where we spent a lot of time cutting away a crab trap from a propeller while the inept captain was gracious with his advice on how to help fix his boat. Lately we’ve stayed closer to home, floating rivers in the western part of the state for trout and smallmouth. Last year we tried the North Toe River. 

                Several years ago I renamed the South Toe River the “River of Death” after my wife, our two boys, and I were caught on the river during a thunderstorm and the resulting flash flood. When we were nearly swept under a low-water bridge at the take out, I taught the boys a few new words. It was so much fun I took my friends there the next year. 

                We left the canoes at home and used kayaks last spring. I may never get into canoe again. Kayaks are superior in every way, in my opinion. They don’t need as much water to float in which is helpful when the river is low, and they are a heck of a lot easier to portage. Compared to canoes they are easier to handle when they are upside down and full of water.

                We are experienced river travellers. The first person to make it through the rapids stands ready to collect the jetsam from an inevitable capsizes.

                It happened in an instant. The boat pitched one way and I overreacted and flipped over into the cold, rushing water. A lot of things can go through your mind when you are upside down, floating through the rapids of a mountain river. You might begin to wonder how long you can hold your breath. Someone else might worry about bashing their skull against the rocks and boulders that form the rapids. I worried about my new fishing rod. 

                My buddies fished me out of the water and grabbed a few of my things as they floated by. My new fishing rod and reel were nowhere to be found.

                 In preparation for our trip this year I ordered a new rod a reel. The spinning reel is just like the one I lost, a neat model that allows you to freespool the line with bail closed. I really like it, but I am going to leave it at home and take an older rig that won’t hurt as much if I lose it.

                 I wonder what I’ll think about if I find myself upside down, floating through the rapids this year?

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