The Lunker  
Becalmed By Fred Metarko
What happens when you have not one, but two six-year-olds on a fishing boat? Lunker disproves the myth that it is disaster-in-the-making

Reading Nature
Learning theFlowers
By Tom Murphy
A classic wildflower guide teaches a systematized way to recognize the flowers that ornament our lives, and our columnist ponders their multihued importance in it.

The Mountain Man
No Place Like Home By Roy Kain
This time of year, homeowners are buzzing around, mowing and trimming and spiffing up. Mountain Man applauds the industry, then slips into the woods for his own simpler pride of place.