Author: Blue Ridge Dreamer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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