Before reading this, you may want to check out Matt’s post about the “Dearden Method.” Anyone who has known me for long or even a short amount of time knows that I have learned to tolerate Matt’s random questions to just about anybody, and might I add just about anywhere!  Matt does have a genuine…

Anyone who has known me for even a short amount of time knows that I really enjoy asking random questions to just about anybody. The goal of this post–only the second on the blog–is to introduce you to what I will call the “Dearden Method” of connecting with nearly anyone (and I use the term…

Left to my own devices, this first post would have covered the ins and outs of trapping the western pocket gopher. We would have discussed finding fresh gopher puffs in the early morning, the correct handling of the Macabee steel gopher trap, trap placement within the hole, and how to dispose of carcasses. The post…