North Carolina Mountain Articles

I went walking with my camera around sundown today. For the first time in days the sky is clear. We have had a “cold” front blow through and the weather folks are saying we should…

Don’t you know how it is…You get a new camera, the weather which has been dry for weeks turns stormy immediately…Here are some shots from my backyard this weekend.Along the path by Mustang Bayou…Mustang Bayou…Sights…

From the Observer | World we learn the Global Warming trend could be accelerating…”The frozen bogs of Siberia are melting, and the thaw could have devastating consequences for the planet, scientists have discovered.They have found…

The Drive to WorkI picked up the new Nikon yesterday evening, so now I’m digital.On the way to work I was caught at a light around the corner from the office and this is what…

Take a trip down memory lane (at least if you are anywhere near my age)…Leon Hale: Fill ‘er Up?: “Fill ‘er Up?Service stations? No, I’ve gone back to calling them filling stations because you go…

Fred at Fragments posted this link this morning. You should jump on over and check the article. I know I will be looking for the magazine at the B&N this week to read the rest.Scientific…

Have you ever had the experience of someone else’s words bringing forth a mind picture so vivid you could not disregard it? Even when the image the writer was invoking had nothing to do with…

UnSATisfactory: “THE DRAMATIC decline in SAT scores announced yesterday raises the issue of whether there is something wrong with the new test or, even more worrisome, with the lessons being taught in high schools.”Could it…

This caught my eye this morning for no particular reason…The Writer’s Almanac from American Public Media: “On this day in 1875, Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel. In…

It has been a very busy time for me at the day job…which is keeping my posting down here.So just to keep something going here is:The Photo of the DayThis was a shot taken at…

I was out last night with hopes of seeing some meteors. About the only thing I saw in the night sky other than the dim stars was a few airplanes. Living in the Houston Galveston…

Jeb Loy Nichols Website – Lyrics:”HEAVEN RIGHT HEREI got penny change in my pocketI got heaven on my mindI got a gravel road, twenty milesGonna spend a little timeFor the ways of the world seem…

The Blog of Henry David Thoreau: Thoreau’s Journal: 12-Aug-1854: “Thoreau’s Journal: 12-Aug-1854On Conantum saw a cow looking steadily up into the sky for a minute. It gave to her face an unusual almost human or…

SIMPLY WAIT: A BOWL OF CORN FLAKES (Who can I still be?):”It was probably thirty years ago when my uncle was diagnosed with melanoma. The prognosis was dire. While he procrastinated about seeing a dermatologist…

I generally try to keep the politics I feel strongly about off of this sight. I think though that this is a message that needs to be said loudly and often between now and November…It…