A social person

My wife tells me I’m a very social person.

I nod and smile, all the while thinking, “What are you talking about?”

The truth is I spend most of my time in the company of dogs. There are many days when the only human being I interact with is my wife.

My old hunting partner – both literally and figuratively -- has been a bit under the weather this fall and has yet to come up and chase birds with me.

Since the first of September it’s just been me and the dogs, nearly every day, out on the prairie, looking for grouse.

Then pheasant season opened last weekend and we had a house full of hunters. I’d...