Around the campfire

Human beings have some curious habits. We have a tendency to look back a lot, wondering if things in the ‘old days’ were better than what they are today. I tend to doubt that, but it still doesn’t stop me from pondering what earlier times were like.

For instance, my grandfather hunted water buffaloes from horseback in the early 1900s. I recall as a 10-year-old listening to his stories about how he would ride up beside a