North Carolina Mountain Articles

The Blog of Henry David Thoreau: Thoreau’s Journal: 11-Aug-1853: “Thoreau’s Journal: 11-Aug-1853What shall we name this season? This very late afternoon, or very early evening, this severe and placid season of the day, most favorable…

How does rice thrive in toxic soil? – Weird Plants:The cultivation of rice has always appeared to be environmentally-friendly. After all, most rice is produced in paddies. Water buffalo churn up the soil, most of…

I picked up the August 2006 issue of National Geographic in the “Library” yesterday and it fell open to the “Great Smokey Mountains”. Their opening comments on Gatlinburg really hit a nerve because the only…

I was standing out in the “backyard” today watching some weather moving in and enjoying the wind blowin’ the heat away. The feel of the wind and the heat brought back a memory of a…

My day online…I keep reading about what a morning person Fred First is and I think it must be that Blue Ridge air, ’cause the only place I ever get up that early (without a…

Since returning from my trip up the mountain I haven’t been able to work up much enthusiasm for posting here. I started this blog while in the buildup of excitement before this years NC mountain…

Leon Hale | Affirming the power of music: “Music is one of the reasons I like Round Top, the little country town in Fayette County. You can be at the Post Office talking to farmers…

From our trip to the mountains…Roan Mountain Gardens.I try to make the trip up Roan every time we make it to Valle Crucis. I just love the views…

As usual, Fred started my day with a thought provoking post about Al Gore’s latest contribution to the American culture (should I add wars?). I find I share the fears Fred has for the future.Fragments…

As I made the commute in to work this morning my thoughts turned to the physical differences between the place I am in and the place where I want to be. The two words that…

This shot isn’t mine, my eldest daughter took this one in Valle Crucis behind the Mast General Store. I have taken shots of the same scene, but I like hers better.Here’s my shot of the…

This isn’t much of a photo, but the significance is the location. We left Chattanooga, TN on Tuesday morning headed for Cherokee, NC and then Asheville for our next stay. Driving up into the Smokey…

The past week went by way too fast. We pulled in just before dark last evening after a very enjoyable stay on Nettle’s Knob. I will miss the drive up Clark Creek going back to…

We are on the road for the mountains for our summer vacation…Probably won’t be posting for the duration…catch you later.My vision unfoldsthru multiple dream worldsseeing with eyes closed.

I know we are all holding out great hopes for biofuels, but these nagging pieces keep showing up in the papers…The False Hope of Biofuels: “Biofuels such as ethanol made from corn, sugar cane, switchgrass…