North Carolina Mountain Articles

A few weeks back Colleen over at Loose Leaf Notes quoted some of Jim Minick’s “Finding a Clear Path” published by the West Virginia University Press. Her recommendation sent me online and a week later…

As I walked out the door this morning, this is the sight that greeted me…Ya’ll have a great day! 

I am having a really busy week at work so I’m not doing as much reading and posting as I would like. The mail today also brought a time consuming bit of always appreciated reading…

One of the places I visit on a semi-regular basis is the Brazoria Wildlife Refuge. It’s located about 40 minutes from the house along Bastrop Bayou. Today I ran down to see if the rain…

I was setting here going thru my blogroll and trying to figure out how I ended up getting involved with all of these folks. I remember originally doing a Google search on “Blue Ridge Mountains”…

This just goes to show you how you never know what you might miss. I passed this scene, caught sight of it out of the corner of my eye as I passed over a small…

Same place different composition…

Fred First over at Fragments From Floyd blogged about always taking your camera and (this is the important part) stopping when you see what looks like a good shot and taking it. Well on the…

After work I grabbed the camera and the tripod and wandered out back to enjoy what’s left of this weather before it heats back up and the humidity rises.The sun sidelighting the grasses looked pretty…

YES!!!! I woke up to clear skies and a temperature of 62 degrees this morning. Finally, a brief respite from the unseasonable heat we have been living with. The drive to work was almost pleasurable…

Gore Unveils Global-Warming Plan – washingtonpost.com: “‘This is not a political issue. This is a moral issue — it affects the survival of human civilization,’ Gore said in an hour-long speech at the New York…

For the first time this year I could stand out and watch the sun set without wiping my brow or my lens…I love it. Too bad it wont last. The rain blew through this morning…

A great lady who preceded the mess we had with Gov. G W Bush died last week. Molly Ivins remembers a thing or two in her latest column. Go have a read… Creators.com – Creators…

I’ve posted a few times on the global warming controversy (not that I see a controversy, but to be politically correct we’ll call it a controversy). I wanted to pass on this link from Daily…

I guess this is a prime reason for local sustainable agriculture if there ever was one…Calif. Farm Firm Linked To Tainted Spinach – washingtonpost.com: “Federal health officials last night linked a deadly E. coli outbreak…