First Fly Fishing Trip to Vermont
One of my HubSpot work buds, Dave Shepherd, and myself went fly fishing in Vermont yesterday. We spent the day out on the Black River which feeds into the Connecticut River. Dave is a regular fly fisherman and this was my first fly fishing experience. Although I’ve done quite a bit of fishing in my life I’ve just never used a fly rod before. He was nice enough to teach me enough of the basics you need to dig in. One of Dave’s sayings is, “If you can catch three fish in a day then it was a GREAT day!”. Combined that is exactly how many fish we caught although we did hook more than twice that many other fish that got away. I really do miss just getting away and going camping and spending time out in nature. It’s...
Book Notes: Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light by Jane Brox
Here is another book that I recently completed. Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light by Jane Brox was an interesting read. It was interesting learning the story of artificial light and how it has changed human life so much over the last few centuries. Can you image a time when the sun went down people lived in darkness until the next morning? Instead of reading the whole book here are 18 quotes from the book that really stood out in my mind. The story of this increase—just a few centuries old—is one of technology and power, of politics, grievances, and class: the wealthy and powerful have always been the first to acquire new kinds of light and have always had more of it than others. But the story of light is also one of constancy and mystery, of...
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