I believe it was at the original MoBoJam that I met.."what's his name?" Dang it! I hate it that my "sometimers" is more like "all-timers" any more. I can see his smiling face in my minds eye. Not what you'd call a handsome lad but very pleasant young man with what he tried to pass off as a beard (more like scruff) and glasses. I think we had occasion to visit at several of the MoBoJams after That also. He was nice enough to sit a visit and even shared a sample copy of this crazy magazine to which I immediately bought a subscription. All of the issues I ever received was my favorite. I just couldn't isolate the #1 in my mind. I read every one of them from cover to cover the same day they arrived in the mail.
I kept them in a special place where I could easily find them and shove them in friends faces just to show them I wasn't the only crazy in the world or even in Missouri. Then along came a very nice young man(jeff Vinson age 7 or
who showed a great deal of interest in archery even primitive archery. I knew immediately where I was gonna recycle any and all of my old magazines and any other reading material I could come up with. Fast forward, say 20 years this past fall. Jeff brought me a cardboard box filled with stuff he had gotten from me over the years. It was like Christmas early at my house.
I noticed that one of the volumes wasn't there and neither of us knew whatever became of it. Someday maybe I'll find it or get another copy. The cover had a fella walking around with his bow being followed by a small herd of pack goats. A great read!!
Jeff just called me from New Orleans to tell me he was going thru "arch of the arrow" withdrawals and hoped he would make it back home before the end of our deer season so we could do a stalk hunt together. I got to share with him how I started 2010 with an arrow arching skyward with flames marking its path, carrying my prayers for a better year to come.
Wow! Don't get us ole folks started...hahaha!!! It's a good thing my cell rang when it did or this post might have gone on for a couple more pages.
With all the love of Christ Jesus
Have a happy, healthy,safe and blessed 2010
Roy L "Mudd" Williams