A number of years ago, a local artist was commissioned to paint a portrait of a group of fishing guides conducting a shore lunch. The painting was re-produced into one of the northwood's more famous prints, and there are a few that know it's secret. Some of the faces and names were changed. Bent over the fire adding something to the pan was a humble, quiet young man in the original group photo who was later replaced with another fellow deemed more, "one of the guys", by the person requesting the commission for the painting.
That quiet young man was my dad, and over the years I have wondered how it must feel to be the famous guy no one knows....
It has been an old locals secret. When we see the print, we grin a private grin knowing...that quiet young man dodged fame and went fishing...
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