It’s getting chilly in Western North Carolina. Leaves have all changed from Gold, Yellow, Red and now brown as the trees take back the nutrients from the foliage and return them to their roots. The colors this year have been spectacular. The Blue Ridge Parkway has been packed with viewers and photographers, trying to capture […]
Yesterday, October 15th, 2022 was a crisp Autumn day in Western North Carolina. I live in a house on a hillside at 2200 feet so it gets cool up here at night and warm when the sun hits my valley. I woke early this morning to an outside temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit but by […]
Some years ago I put you on a shelf unfinished…imperfect. Not a complete object but a monument to my inability to manage my time. Over those years you have haunted me. High on the wall above the other boats you sat patiently, waiting for me to give you the attention that you deserve. It is […]
I loved my grandmother. We used to make the drive to her house often and stay, usually for a long weekend. She was an old Czechoslovakian woman stooped over with age and hard work. She seemed eternally happy to me though I am not sure everyone saw her that way. When we arrived she always […]
I have always enjoyed looking up at the night sky in wonderment. Stars, planets, galaxies all whizzing around the universe at dizzying speeds and yet, as we stare up at them, they appear to move around us in slow pageantry. It’s as though the universe looks inward at us daring us to stare out […]
I can see her now the way she was. To be clear, I can see us…and the way that we were. I recall, often, a day in the rain when we felt neither cold, nor wet, oblivious to the rain. We were in a state of reverie, of exultation. The expression of our youth and […]
Violated Damien Stonefly arrived at his house after the long drive through the hills. Getting there is always slow-going, but that’s the point. Fame and fortune can lead one to be a recluse, at least for some of the time. He always wondered why billionaires and rich actors would build or buy expansive, opulent homes […]
My house was in dire need of a few coats of paint. I last painted it around 7 years ago and it needed a facelift and a little work. I debated for a time if I should do it myself or pay someone to do it for me. The answer was elementary- did I have […]
What, you say? Malted Milk Balls. I don’t know why this is on my mind, but it is…or they are…I don’t know. Recently there was a big storm; Hurricane named Irma. We live in Florida, so the first thing I thought was “Jesus, look at the size of it!” The second thing that I thought, […]
I have always liked the music of Paul Simon. I am the last of eight children born in 1965 and some of my siblings were true hippies…children of the sixties…as a result, my musical exposure was wide and varied as a child. I remember when my sister brought home Still Crazy After All These Years […]
When I was young, like most young men my father was my hero. He worked hard, kept an even temper and a civil tongue and he expected everyone around him to do the same. He was larger than life, this man. When I say that he was larger than life I mean he was larger […]
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