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Peacock Bass Fishing on the Amazon River – the Real Story Day 2

2 Comments / Life, Nature, Travel / By Amy L Peterson

Day 2 began with a 2 a.m. wake-up call in Portuguese which I responded to with something sort of like “Obrigado” which is Portuguese for thank you. We dressed in our fishing garb–lightweight shirts and zip-off pants pre-treated with insect repellent–and walked the quarter mile to the motel restaurant. There we were confronted with about six tables covered with food, including one […]

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Peacock Bass Fishing on the Amazon – the Real Story – Day 1

2 Comments / Life, Travel / By Amy L Peterson

My last blog posting was about a fishing trip to the jungle to catch peacock bass, and some people said that it appeared to be easy and go rather perfectly. Here’s the real story. We left Michigan on a Thursday at 5:35 a.m., arrived in Miami for a lovely afternoon there, then got up at 2 a.m.

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Peacock Bass Fishing on the Amazon River

1 Comment / Life, Nature, Travel / By Amy L Peterson

On January 31 Mark and I set out to catch peacock bass on the Amazon River because, well, someone has to catch peacock bass on the Amazon. We flew from Detroit to Miami, then from Miami to Manaus, Brazil. Manaus is in the bottom right of the map, below. Our destination is a river mislabeled the

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Caring for Pets While We’re on Vacation

Animals, Family, Life, Pets / By Amy L Peterson

Pity the poor stepkid that agreed to take care of our critters while Mark and I are on vacation. Said critters include: Dusty, a 14-year-old dog that turtles out on the front steps and is constantly hungry; Purrkins, our 8-year-old cat; Chip, our 7-year-old ferret (which is pretty old for a ferret); 9 hamsters; two boisterous mynah birds;

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Tribute to a Great Lady, the Rev. Lynn Grimes

2 Comments / Family, Life / By Amy L Peterson

Since the news is always filled with sad stories about evil doers and greedy people, when I heard recently of the death of a really good person, I had to blog about it. Her name is Lynn Grimes and she’s one of those people that seemed to carry sunshine on her shoulders and in her

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Happy National Squirrel Appreciation Day 2013! Photos of Some of my Fuzzy Pals

3 Comments / Life, Nature / By Amy L Peterson

A few days ago, my local wildlife food store sent me an email offering in honor of National Squirrel Appreciation Day. I’d never heard of such a festive event, so I got online and learned that–according to the National Wildlife Federation– Squirrel Appreciation Day was started by Christy Hargrove, a wildlife rehabilitator from North Carolina. According to

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How I Know I’ve Got the Right Guy

1 Comment / Family, Life, Pets / By Amy L Peterson

Mark and I are heading to the Amazon in February to go peacock bass fishing, and before Christmas Mark found a guy named Raymond “Dink” Alston who makes Goldrush custom rods. Amongst Dink’s special rods is a 6’2″ Woodchopper heavy-duty action rod that he recommends for peacock bass fishing. Per Mark’s request, Dink added a peacock bass, my name, the date, and he

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Hampy Holidays!

Animals, Family, Life, Pets / By Amy L Peterson

For all pet lovers out there, hampy holidays! Enjoy yourself and eat lots and lots. And don’t worry about the little things, like how good you might or might not look. Enjoy your family. And your friends. And look forward to 2013 with the enthusiasm of a hampster.

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Profound Thoughts on Turning 50

2 Comments / Family, Life / By Amy L Peterson

After 50 years on this planet, I had hoped to have some really profound things to share with friends, family and people younger than me. You can see for yourself how this panned out: *If dogs are man’s best friend, Dusty is Mark’s best friend and not me. Hm. *If people greeted each other like dogs

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The Buck Stopped Here

Animals, Life, Nature / By Amy L Peterson

The problem with having a good digital SLR camera is that sometimes it needs some TLC. Take mine–it’s a Nikon D300 and had a little dust-spec problem I was tired of trying to crop out of photos, and it needed a new rubber cover to replace the one that should be covering the input/output ports but instead

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