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BALDWIN, MI Hundreds of men—and a few women, too—gathered in the wilderness surrounding Baldwin yesterday, all heavily armed and clad in camouflage and fluorescent orange, planning to stalk and ambush the enemy.
The men came in small groups before splitting up, each taking their own section of the wooded area. And there they waited. They crouched silently behind trees. They kneeled in patches of brush. They watched—their rifles loaded, their ammunition at their side—anticipating the battle that was to come.
For there, in those woods, lived the enemy. There lived the ones who dared to think that they could just go on living their lives the way they did. Roaming the wilderness. Living off the land. Wandering through peoples’ yards. Running through the streets at dusk, striking fear into the hearts of drivers and passengers everywhere. Sometimes, their kamikaze missions even caused serious damage to vehicles. This had to stop.
So yesterday, November 15th, was the day when those specially gifted, heroic men and women would hunt down the enemy to show them who was in charge. It was the first day of deer hunting season.
And they gathered—hundreds of them. They came at the crack of dawn and waited. And watched.
And waited.
And watched.
Somehow, the enemy must have known that they were there. So both sides sat in silence. Neither side would move.
The standoff continued all day—through the morning hours, throughout the afternoon, and into the evening. And it became dark—a little more difficult to see.
And suddenly, there was a rustling sound, and a shot rang through the forest. The explosion echoed from one side of the wilderness to the other. And then, once again, all was silent.
One of the heroes ran forward, eager to check on the damage he had done to the enemy.
And as the sun set, the warriors retreated empty-handed back to their pickup trucks—all of them but one. He carried home the day’s trophy: a small black squirrel that had accidentally made too much noise when gathering acorns for the winter.
And back in the wilderness, once the coast was clear, the deer came out of hiding and dined on the bits of beef jerky that their enemies had left behind.
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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