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Written for "Invalid Item" Open in new Window. prompt: National Hug a Bear Day - Unfortunately (fortunately?), most bears are hibernating

Why would anyone want to hug a bear? Maybe a Teddy Bear, but not the bears we have here in northern Minnesota. If I remember correctly, these bears often refer to campers in sleeping bags as burritos.

On our recent camping adventure, they had reinforced lids on the dumpsters with an iron rod locked over them to keep the bears out. Unfortunately, this didn't stop the bears, they just bent the lids up like opening a can of sardines.

Also, bears, or at least the kind we have here, are not the best-smelling critters to be around. They are full of ticks, fleas, and who knows what other parasites; no, I don't want to hug them and will pass on this.

However, they can be fun to watch. One time my son and I had to stop for a bear on a gravel road. It had ambled out of the woods and onto the road and stopped. We were in a Toyota Corolla, so there were only two choices, back up or sit and wait for it to move. We stopped and waited.

After a few minutes of waiting, the bear decided we were no threat and took a dump in the middle of the road, then went back to the woods and vanished. An important question was answered that day, "Does a bear s*** in the woods?"

"No, it comes out on the road!"

But, at least it didn't chase us like the buffalo in Custer State Park, but that's for another day.

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My writing doesn't follow any set genre, it's interdependent of my mood and all that's taking place in life. I'm still finding myself, what I write constitutes the markers along the path of that journey. With time, many things will manifest in my work and perhaps I will pursue one or two genres. For now, it's not, "What type of writing is my passion?" "Writing is my passion."