North Carolina Mountain Articles

When I woke up this morning the weather outside would fit the Blue Ridge Mountains in the summertime. This morning it is 62 degrees to start the day. The weather prognosticators are promising mid 70’s…

This is the kind of day I am missing by being in the office right now. The shot above is from my Birthday Road Trip of a couple of weeks ago. The drive in today…

I got this from Gristmill…  A wave of interest in such small dwellings — some to serve, like the Shepherds’ home, as temporary housing, others to become space-saving dwellings of a more permanent nature —…

I guess this morning will pass as the coldest of this year (so far). I know that for all of you folks from further north on this old ball we call Earth, 30 degrees isn’t…

Is it cold where you are? For this part of the country at this time of the year, 39 is pretty cool. I see that Boone is hanging at freezing today and Floyd is expecting…

This from The Boston Globe In 2003, Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines told fans in London that she and her bandmates were ashamed that President Bush was from their home state. In response, Clear Channel…

After days of overcast, I stepped out the back door this morning before first light and say the moon. After the initial shock wore off I glanced around and saw stars too…Amazing. I had almost…

Jim Hightower offers up another tribute to Molly Ivins… We progressives, we Americans – and anyone, anywhere who loves liberty and justice – have lost a true, trusted friend. Molly Ivins died recently. Yet, Molly was more…

Reading the emails this morning I see global warming is kicking in on the Blue Ridge Mountains. The forecast for my friends on both sides of the NC/VA line has temperatures in the 40’s for…

Somewhere to the south, there are wild orchids raising their heads and fields of grazing geese, but not here and certainly not for some time. Reading the above line on Kerrdelune’s blog brought back memories…

Leon Hale just posted a blog entry on hawks…Chicken Hawks Inside The LoopA life-and-death bird drama is going on out there right now. Half a dozen pigeons are dipping and climbing and wheeling in a…

It is always nice to stumble across a reference to someone you haven’t thought about in a while. I don’t know how long ago it was that I started reading Dan Bricklin’s Log, nobody called…

 It seems the worst is not yet here. New Orleans is a city on a knife’s edge. A year and a half after Hurricane Katrina, an alarming number of residents are leaving or seriously thinking…

Once more through the mill then two days of running madly in place before facing the mill race again. Lord, don’t you love the working families weekends? At least the Road Trip on Tuesday broke…

Sun Through CloudsThis patch of sunlight on an otherwise overcast landscape caused me to slam on my brakes and pull to the shoulder on my way home from my “Photo Road Trip”. I pass this…