A mile up the road from Grouse Camp out on Fink's Hill above the beaver pond down at the Old Hall Place (just fieldstone foundations now) on the opening morning of deer season 2003 at sunrise, I cast my Dad's ashes to the gentle breezes from his favorite promontory. This view is down the same valley toward New Hampshire's White Mountains.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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