Because most of us are romantics at heart. Perhaps we are a tad more eccentric than most. Why else would we prefer cedar canoes, bamboo fly rods, old cars, bipanes, wood burning stoves, wicker chairs, waxed paper hulls, cork decoys, open sights, early African hunting stories, black and white photos, Hoppes #9, history, honesty, poetry, pipe smoke, old wornout clothing, wet dogs, old leather, pawn shops, that first kiss, christmas mornings, grandads.....



When an old man dies a library burns to the ground. (Old African proverb)