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    October Passing
    Dan Crocker
    • Oct 20, 2019
    • 7 min

    October Passing

    Every month in our great state of Maine is unique for what it provides to those of us who prefer to spend our time outdoors with each...
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    The Wedding Day Drive to Canada
    Dan Crocker
    • May 19, 2019
    • 11 min

    The Wedding Day Drive to Canada

    Many couples have a “meet-cute” story about how their relationship began and in honor of the 30th anniversary of our wedding, Chris and I...
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    The Pallet Bullet
    Dan Crocker
    • May 4, 2019
    • 9 min

    The Pallet Bullet

    From the age of seven until I moved away after college, I lived with my mother, stepfather Bill, and my two sisters (and eventually a...
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    That Time Mom Went Wind Sailing
    Dan Crocker
    • Feb 24, 2019
    • 8 min

    That Time Mom Went Wind Sailing

    Having grown up on a lake in a town full of lakes, ice fishing was just another thing we did as kids in the winter time. It was really no...
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    Crawl or Die
    Dan Crocker
    • Feb 2, 2019
    • 14 min

    Crawl or Die

    I sat with the clipboard on my knee, pen poised over a nearly-completed sentence, trying to think of the right words to finish my...
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    Timmy's Eel
    Dan Crocker
    • Jan 12, 2019
    • 8 min

    Timmy's Eel

    For a kid growing up in Maine, the possibilities for outdoor fun were nearly endless. After my parents were divorced when I was six, I...
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    Grampa's Spruce
    Dan Crocker
    • Dec 25, 2018
    • 2 min

    Grampa's Spruce

    Hunched beneath the ancient spruce, I settled the rifle on my boot and leaned back to wait. My first walk here, the year Grampa died, Dad...
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    Ho, Ho, ouch!
    Dan Crocker
    • Dec 19, 2018
    • 9 min

    Ho, Ho, ouch!

    Chris and I are truly fortunate that we have a circle of friends whose company we enjoy and upon whom we can rely to help out when we...
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    The Thanksgiving Day Chase
    Dan Crocker
    • Dec 2, 2018
    • 11 min

    The Thanksgiving Day Chase

    I remember being excited when I found out I was going to have a little brother, but I also remember how mad I was that he arrived on the...
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    The Names of Special Places
    Dan Crocker
    • Nov 11, 2018
    • 8 min

    The Names of Special Places

    When we bought the first forty acres of what is now the 96-acre Crocker Family Forest, the kids were still little. We bought the land in...
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    Pumpkin Girl Goes Hunting
    Dan Crocker
    • Oct 20, 2018
    • 8 min

    Pumpkin Girl Goes Hunting

    When Chris and I first started going out, way back in 1985, it was only natural that I decided that she needed to go hunting with me. But...
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    That Time I Found a Moose in a Hole
    Dan Crocker
    • Oct 13, 2018
    • 7 min

    That Time I Found a Moose in a Hole

    I’ve seen a lot of interesting things in the Maine woods. In fact, some things have been so unusual, at least in the perspective of what...
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    Godzilla in the Gloaming
    Dan Crocker
    • Oct 6, 2018
    • 7 min

    Godzilla in the Gloaming

    Anyone who has followed my Facebook page (or now my blog) knows that I spend lots of time outdoors. I’ve always been drawn to the woods,...
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    Dan Crocker
    • Sep 26, 2018
    • 5 min

    I think of him now and smile

    I was feeling pretty good about life. I was halfway through my first semester of college, my grades were good, and it was fall. My...
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    It's Only Ankle Deep
    Dan Crocker
    • Sep 21, 2018
    • 6 min

    It's Only Ankle Deep

    It’s only ankle deep If you spend enough time in the woods, especially with a good friend, you’ll accumulate a lot of memories. Here is...
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Mouse if Gone
    Dan Crocker
    • Sep 13, 2018
    • 3 min

    Mouse if Gone

    Mouse is gone. Today, he didn’t creep from the fir bough pile to snatch the raisins I left for him before I climbed into my perch...
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    I remember...
    Dan Crocker
    • Sep 12, 2018
    • 3 min

    I remember...

    On 9/11 in 2001, I was the Assistant Academic Dean and Director of Grants at EMCC and was scurrying around campus collecting the last...
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    Scout's Long Last Walk
    Dan Crocker
    • Aug 18, 2018
    • 3 min

    Scout's Long Last Walk

    I’ve been dreading this day all summer. All spring and summer too, if I’m honest with myself. Scout has been progressively getting weaker...
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