GONE FISHIN’

 

GONE FISHIN’

 

From Linda Lee Greene Author/Artist

 

My brother David carved a slow pathway in life. It was slow, but deep, and as close to Zen-like as any I have known. In his solitude, often he fished; and he fished well. For many years, he fished at bass tournaments in and around his Florida home—and he won some of them. “Bass fishing is an art,” he would say to anyone he could corner to engage in conversation. “You can have all the best gear, but if you don’t know your fish, then you won’t catch him. Bass, he doesn’t have any brain to speak of, but his instincts are sharp as a tack. And his body is made to work with his instincts. He’s got eyes on the sides of his head, and they can see all around. So just any flutter in his vicinity, and he’s gonna see it. It’s hard to fool him. And he’s got a built-in antenna that runs down the sides of his body, and that thing is sensitive to the slightest changes in the temperature. He knows the weather forecast better than Jim Cantore and way before Cantore knows it. So, a good fisherman’s got to study the weather, too. Bass, he likes overcast mornings to come out of his hiding places, but he doesn’t swim too far from them. So you gotta look for a bunch of rocks or a fallen log in the water or tall weeds, and that’s where you’ll find him hangin’ around.”

In the eulogy I wrote for my brother, I likened him to an old African proverb that says, “When a man dies, a library dies with him.” That describes my brother to a tee. He studied every subject that interested him until he mastered it. Today marks the seventh year since David passed away. I hope he’s gone fishin’ up there, or wherever he fishes these days. ©

 

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My brother is among the cast of characters in my novel, GUARDIANS AND OTHER ANGELS. It is also dedicated to him. If you would like to read it, just click the URL below and it will take you to its purchase page on Amazon.

 

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