“If men ceased to exist, sound would continue to travel and heavy bodies to fall to the earth in exactly the same way, though there would be no one to know it.” That’s a quote from one of the many philosophers who have pondered the time-worn question about a tree falling in the woods. When … Continue reading Adrift in a river of reveries
Fatherhood and fishing
Having sat patiently with the rest of the audience through my discussion of fly fishing, a man raised his hand at a recent talk about my book in Baltimore and asked, “What about the fatherhood part?” And he put me on the spot. He caught me avoiding a key subject of the book. An influential … Continue reading Fatherhood and fishing
Hemingway 100: Fishing the Big Two-Hearted River
We have arrived at the centennial year of the Michigan fishing trip that inspired one of Ernest Hemingway’s most memorable short stories, the two-part “Big Two-Hearted River,” a Nick Adams story about getting back from war and back to nature -- back to feeling life at the end of a fly line. Hemingway, while still … Continue reading Hemingway 100: Fishing the Big Two-Hearted River
Dan Rodricks 