I’m sure y’all have heard the saying, “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make 
it drink.” Well, I have another one for you: “You can take a man to the lake, but you can’t teach him how to fish—if he won’t listen.” (I made up that last one after I spent a weekend with a couple of “tournament” fishermen one Fourth of July.) Read the rest of this entry »
Posts Tagged teach a man to fish
I Just Needed More Time
March 7, 2015 at 9:11 am · Filed under Family, funny stuff, Mostly fiction, Stories ·Tagged author, family, fishing, humor, laughter, story, teach a man to fish, writer
I Got To Fess Up
July 5, 2011 at 2:56 pm · Filed under Family, funny stuff, Mostly fiction, Stories ·Tagged author, Charles L. Mashburn, confession, family, fess up, fishing, funny, humor, imbellished, laughter, story, teach a man to fish, writer
For those who don’t understand some of my lingo, to “fess up” is to confess, or come clean on a situation. I got a little fessin’ up to do about that fish story—I Need More Time—I wrote this morning. It had some truth to it, but I may have embellished a wee bit. So, it’s confession time! Read the rest of this entry »
I Needed More Time (Part 2 of 2)
July 5, 2011 at 10:47 am · Filed under Family, funny stuff, Mostly fiction, Stories ·Tagged author, Charles L. Mashburn, family, fishing, funny, humor, laughter, story, teach a man to fish, writer
I was rewarded with an instant bump, and subtly jerked my rod, hooking the monster, big mouth bass. I knew that’s what it was by the way it felt when it took the bait. With my kind of experience, I can perceive these things instantly. Read the rest of this entry »
I Needed More Time
July 5, 2011 at 10:25 am · Filed under Family, funny stuff, Mostly fiction, Stories ·Tagged author, Charles L. Mashburn, family, fishing, funny, humor, laughter, story, teach a man to fish, writer
I’m sure y’all have heard the saying, “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.” Well, I have another one for you: “You can take a man to the lake, but you can’t teach him how to fish—if he won’t listen.” I’ll explain in just a minute. Read the rest of this entry »
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