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Wikihow has a very pretty and elaborate page on How to Build a Fire Edited by Michael, Jack Herrick, Lisa Radon, Ben Rubenstein and 121 others.  It reads" Lighting a fire is only half the battle. The way you build a fire - that is, how you arrange the wood - can affect how long the fire will last and the amount of heat it'll give off during that time. This article will provide an overview of how to build a fire in any setting."  It goes on for several pages, with illustrations and every possibility imaginable. Having grown up in Minnesota, I learned how to build fires from an early age.  In fact, one of my chores was to bring in firewood and to build a fire (nearly every night from about October until April), so I have made a few fires in my lifetime.  My father, being an engineer, and my step-father, being a Marine Corps Sargeant always had a few things to say about it, to put it politely. I can definitely say now, they were all wrong.  Ok, they weren't wrong, but we were living in the cave man days.  It wasn't until college that I discovered a Duraflame log.  They were great, except they cost $3.00 and they last about 15 minutes.  But they were great for starting fires.  Throw one in the fireplace, light the ends, and then throw some real fire wood on top of them.  Gone were the days of stuffing newspaper under the fireplace grate, gathering tinder, starting with small logs and building up to big ones, etc.  One Duraflame log and you could be assured that even the greenest wood would catch fire heaped on

"I See You (Theme from Avatar)" (also shortened as "I See You") is a pop ballad performed by British singer Leona Lewis. But sometimes "I see you," just means that, it is not a song but just a question--something of a koan you might say.  When you honestly offer "I can see you," it may mean nothing more than that, and horses seem to be born with that gift for honestly returning the favor, seeing us for what we are, nothing more nothing less.  If you are kind, they see that.  If you are mean, they see that too.  If you have good intentions, they see that.  If you have bad intentions, they see that too.  Sometimes we have to just look each other in the eye first before asking anything of the other and see what there is to be seen of the other, if it is all good then we can progress from there with more questions and the request for more answers.  We hope that all of us on two legs can come to see that which four-legged animals seem to take for granted.  Children also seem to have the same gift, one that is often hard to accept by adults, as the answers remain unknown until the question is honestly asked from the heart.  I find myself at the same cross-roads, as I always try to be planned out years in advance, but, perhaps for the first time, I am attempting to look at the others around me and simply state, "I see you," and I hope that they can honestly see me in return, without an answer in mind.  I hope to offer the same in return, perhaps for the

My friend Hal Webster, was co-author of one of the most famous books on falconry with Frank Beebe), entitled  North American Falconry and Hunting Hawks, was in his 70's when he introduced me to some falconry friends many years back, including Stu Hutchinson, who took me hunting with falcons and hawks.  I had the initial idea of grandeur that a falcon might replace my side-by-side in a poetic sort of way, but I quickly realized in hunting ducks with one of his Master Falconer friends that this was real work, and a lifetime of dedication to the birds they fly and live with, year round.  I can't wait to see them soar again, but this is not a something that one takes up casually, as I quickly realized it involves a life-time of education, dedication, breeding, and training.  We made several trips with Hal for fly fishing, wingshooting and dog training.  He passed in June 2019, after a long life of adventure, living into his late 90's. For falconry supplies:  www.westernsporting.com