Friday, August 25, 2017

In a vise; Rivers we have known; Down by the riverside





Behold

the vise now reposing here at The Odd Fellows

that we made with welded angle-iron
and a scrapped steel tire wheel
around 1980

Many an object did we fashion on this
tool doubling as an anvil
and acetylene steel-cutting holder



Life itself is a matter of firm grips
and a holding-on
is it not?

Sometimes we hang on by our fingernails





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Rivers we have known

Ohio River,  Wheeling West Virginia



Fox River, Waukesha WI in flood bears ears protrude





Dave's Falls, Beecher Wi  






Fishing for walleye on Menominee River, Marinette WI



Bill Vollmer, Marinette, cleans a mess of walleye from the Menominee across the road from his home


Fried Menominee River walleyes cooked by Jane Vollmer



David and Sally, Peshtigo River, WI




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