12/21/2017 - 00:00
Mike hauls cedar poles to the siding, sets up a “gin pole” and masters the art of Pole Production.
My two big Clydes were happy to see me and were anxious to get back to work. Read more
12/14/2017 - 00:00
Mike enjoys the smells of the great outdoors, looks after two huge Clydesdales, learns the craft of pole making and goes caribou hunting above the timberline. Read more
11/30/2017 - 00:00
Mike gets his dream ‘yob,’ learns to skid poles down a steep mountain trail, avoids making jokes around Dave Henry and his six- shooter and manufactures tail-dogs from scratch.
The two Swedes were both large men and as we sat down to the meal of chicken stew, I learned they had sub-contracted the cutting and skidding of two thousand cedar poles from Jim Burgoyne. Read more
11/16/2017 - 00:00
Small Frye discovers the exhilarating feeling of working in the woods, using logging tools of the day, getting into fights over his favourite girl friend and meeting two huge Swedish pole-makers. But, is Mike up for the ‘yob’?
There are many who have heard the old expression – “Let's put on the feed bag!' Well, I shall try to explain it to you. Read more
11/02/2017 - 00:00
Small Frye’s brother, Jules, explores balloon pants and suspenders, near dies at the hooves of a deer and also finds a grizzly bear asleep on his mattress; Mike discusses grizzly equalizers, gives fair warning to “skidoo tourists,” and we share Ella Frye’s most dangerous adventure. Read more
10/19/2017 - 03:49
Have You Ever Seen A Moose Gone Berserk?
Well, I can sure say that I have and she was mad!
READER ALERT – GRAPHIC CONTENT! Read more
10/05/2017 - 00:00
Rustic living conditions for a man and his kin near Canoe River, hardships that tear a family apart and drive that man to the bottle, some perish and others survive. And, Mike would agree that, “What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger!” Read more
09/07/2017 - 00:00
Stories by Mike Frye - edited by Leonard Lea Frazer Read more
