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All tagged Trout fishing
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in old boots and an aged angler)
I went to the nursing home to pick up my wife. She had worked a double shift because of the bad weather here in Wisconsin. The nurse that was to work the shift could not make it in because of blowing snow. Barb left her little car in the parking lot. I barreled through the snow with my SUV. My wife was at the curb waiting for me. She was really tired from working a double shift.
As we went home, she told me there was a new intake in the nursing home. She met the guy briefly and introduced herself. The 80ish year old man introduced himself as Trout. Barb asked the guy if that was his real first name. "Trout" said that his real name was something else but he has been known as "Trout" since his childhood.
I caught up with Matt Albright, a technician for Vernon County Land and Water Department and Caroline Druschke of UW Madison, last week to look at the nearly completed project.
I stopped at the farm house for the fifth time in six years. I was a little bashful as I exited my vehicle. Each time I had stopped here over the years the results were the same. We talked each time for a short time but he was always on task and our interaction was minimal.
In its seventh year running, the Genoa National Fish Hatchery and Great River Road Interpretive Center in conjunction with the Lions of District 27 D2, held a Fishability event for children with mobility challenges and other disabilities.
