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green lake. I like the click of a good golf shot too, because it means a long walk in the open. After that, a session in the locker room is good, with blue chips and a tall glass. The greatest art to me is living. What I put on paper is mostly a means of being able to get out and see more of the real thing.
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Campfire smoke sends me. I like pine trees in the north country, and the older my hunting coat gets, the better it smells. I like storms—blizzards in the winter and black squalls in the summer. Rain on a tent-top thrills me. I always think there is a big bass under every lily pad on a cool,
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