Recent content by The Feathered Hat

I am so, so sorry to read this news, Kevin. The loss of a dog is a singularly difficult kind of loss, because nothing loves us like a dog and we love nothing in our lives quite like we love our dogs. Brutus holds a place of honor in your family and always well, but I don't envy you your...

Trish, Alex and Sage -- Thank you for your kind and generous words, support, and love (and green spot) for our family at this terrible time for us. I can't find the words to tell you, truly and accurately, how much of a difference for the good you kindness makes. Your messages have been...

Thank you, Marty, for your kind words and support (and green spot) with regard to the loss of our beloved dog, Tuckerman. Your support for our family at this terrible time means a very great deal to us, please know. We deeply appreciate it.

Thank you, Ellen, for your kind words and thoughts (and green spot) re: Tuckerman. Your kind support really makes a difference to us, please know.

Kevin, I really cannot express how much it meant to me, and to my wife Cindy (and Polly too), that you started this topic for Tuckerman. This was extraordinarily generous of you; we appreciate it beyond words. Already we have printed out the messages and keep them in a memory book we're making...

Audrey, thank you so much for your kind words, and the green spot, in the Tuckerman topic. Your support at this terrible time means a very, very great deal to us, please know. We deeply appreciate it.

Thank you, everyone. Truly. Thank you from the center of my heart. These past days the White Mountains hiking community has overwhelmed my wife Cindy, our steadfast dog Polly, me, and the memory and spirit of Tuckerman with an immeasurable bounty of generosity, support, and love. You have made...

Thank you. We are... well, it's still very difficult. Last night was our first night coming home from work without Tuck and Polly both there to greet us at the door, and Cindy and I were overcome by sadness. It's going to take a long, long time for our hearts not to sink whenever we return...

Thank you so much, everyone, for these beautiful posts. These times are very difficult for my wife Cindy and me, but your thoughts greatly help us in the struggle to live past the ache in our hearts. You are very thoughtful, Kevin, to start this topic. Thank you. Tuckerman was a Plott Hound...

Thank you for your congratulations, Trish. Yep, getting married on October 10 -- 10/10/10, that is (but we didn't plan it that way, honest). I think Cindy's going to join me at Booze & Vittles on October 1. Hope to see you there!

Many thanks for the green spot, Sabrina. And I'm so glad you, Michael and Val got up into the same area and beyond. It's a hiker's paradise, yet so little-traveled.

Thank you for the green-spot! That plateau deserves a lot of exploration. It seems full of secrets and wonder.

Nope, didn't see any fish in the ponds, Skip. Neither pond is named on the list of remote ponds air-stocked by NHF&G -- I suspect they may be too shallow for trout. Perhaps not, though. Which reminds me: When are we taking our rods to Shoal Pond? Soon, I hope! HappyHiker, yes, it's a good...

Thank you for the green spot, Tom. I appreciate that you took the time for a long trip report to a place not many hikers seem to care about.

With warm weather finally upon us, the time had come for Polly to lose her thick winter coat. It was either that or listen to her pant all summer and vacuum the house and car two or three times a day. We had always thought we have two big dogs: Tuck weighs 80 pounds; Polly, just a bit smaller...