"I can’t tell you it firsthand. But as a dependable second, like a well-worn cotton tee that’s held up over years of washing, passed down from your big sis. A friend of a friend used to fish with John Gierach. Watched him put eggshells in camp coffee, the whole shebang. I think he secretly hoped he’d make it into one of Gierach’s essays. After all, if you fish with a writer long enough, it’s bound to happen… you’ll be quoted, described, used in some way or another “for art.” Read on... | 
