Matt Smythe
LATE GOOSE, DAY 1
After two months of watching thousands, nay, tens-of-thousands fly care-free over the Upstate countryside–the season for freezing in...
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Matt Smythe
- Dec 24, 2010
AS THE YEAR ROLLS ON TO A CLOSE
I’m slow to type this morning. Sitting at my desk in the front room, looking out the window at passing traffic on Main Street. Sun. A...
Matt Smythe
- Nov 22, 2010
SATURDAY MORNING GOOSE BLINDS
We settle in the furrows. Busted cornstalk & camo. Coffee, pipe and tobacco for me, graham crackers, juice and a goose call for Cam. My...
Matt Smythe
- Oct 6, 2010
MORNING BROWNS WITH DAD, Installment 6, Thesis
* The 6th installment in a series of sections from my Masters thesis, which was (in large part) about fishing. [20] Villager Restaurant....
Matt Smythe
- Sep 20, 2010
SAID ONE SEASON TO ANOTHER
I was born with a sense for the changing seasons, as was my dad. This is not too terribly profound a birthright, since Winter, Spring and...
Matt Smythe
- Sep 10, 2010
CALLING FOR SUN
Independence Day weekend was upon us and my wife, three kids and I were staying with friends in their cabin in Old Forge to celebrate....
Matt Smythe
- Aug 30, 2010
TOUGH LOVE & HAYBALES
It’s been said that parents need to let their children make mistakes. Protecting them 100% of the time, while most likely keeping them...
Matt Smythe
- Jul 28, 2010
GEAR
Ahhh, mid-summer. The prelude to fall…my favorite time of year. Cicadas have begun to echo their rattling song in the lush heavy-ness of...
Matt Smythe
- Jul 7, 2010
1985
I was in 8th grade. Live Aid and We are the World. Reagan was sworn in for a second term. The first WrestleMania went top-rope at the...
Matt Smythe
- Jun 24, 2010
EAGER FISH. THE VIDEO.
While the phone didn’t play nice for Saturday’s outing, it made up for itself on Sunday with the boys. Here’s a little recap of the...
Matt Smythe
- Jun 22, 2010
THE GLORY OF EAGER FISH
Saturday’s kayak excursion delivered one very nice largemouth (see below), a mess of panfish, a lot of paddling and a chance to see one...
Matt Smythe
- Jun 17, 2010
ON THE HORIZON
Father’s day is this weekend. I honestly had no idea. I’ve got to get out from under this rock… Now that I’m cognizant of the fact that...
Matt Smythe
- May 9, 2010
THE TRIP. THE VIDEO.
One very cool thing about this blog is the fact that my kids, when they’re old enough to appreciate it, will have a pretty exhaustive...
Matt Smythe
- Mar 30, 2010
MAIN STREET AND A WILD TURKEY
I turned right out of the driveway onto Main Street, as I do every weekday morning–the kids clamoring from the back seat for for me to...
Matt Smythe
- Feb 12, 2010
CHARACTER
I’ve been silently beating myself up a lot lately for being strict with my kids. Sometimes down-right hard-ass. I feel like I’m in a...
Matt Smythe
- Jan 15, 2010
MOVING
We’re in a new house. Moved in on New Years Day in the middle of the coldest, snowiest winter week in Upstate NY so far this season. I’m...
Matt Smythe
- Dec 21, 2009
THE DAHLONEGA PROJECTS
My wife and I lived in Virginia from ’00 to ’04 while I was in grad school for poetry. By ’03 we were already two kids heavier and I had...
Matt Smythe
- Dec 6, 2009
SNOOZING GOOSE
I should start out by saying that my dad and I have not had good luck when it comes to hunting geese together. We’ve largely been...
Matt Smythe
- Oct 8, 2009
IN MEMORY
For my nephew, rest in peace kiddo… STEPHEN JACK Short days. Bright leaves. Summer daydreams have run off— like little boys for pick-up...
Matt Smythe
- Oct 6, 2009
ALEIDA
I just spent this past Sunday with my 7 year old daughter at a lacrosse tournament. She was playing with the 3rd and 4th grade girls...
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