Category: Mountain Dreams

To all my friends on the Blue Ridges and points north…Throw another log on the fire, winter ain’t done with y’all yet. Here we switched to a breeze off the gulf so our temperatures are moderating. It’s a balmy 45 degrees outside right now and heading back up into springtime temps again today. For all of the wine drinkers out

I borrowed a new quote for the top of my sidebar last evening as I wandered the twisting trails of the blogs I read. I though the quote about the weather fit quite well with the way this blog has evolved. So here is todays outlook… Here in SE Texas it’s clear and what we call cold. 40 degrees and

Back in January I posted on a newspaper article out of Memphis about Felder Rushing and his concept of Slow Gardening. After that I stumbled across a link to a Podcast of a weekly gardening show on Mississippi Public Radio called the “Gestalt Gardener” with Felder and Dr. Dirt. If you enjoy gardening go take a listen to a couple

But winter’s still hanging on.As the sun comes up this morning the field behind the house sparkles with one of the few frosts of this winter season. And this comes after what appeared to be a beautiful spring weekend. Even with the morning dew freezing on the grass though, the forecast for the week is for more of the beautiful

 I started on Friday with Fragmented Fred and “Tale of a Farmer from Erehwon”, today Leon joined the game with his Poison Lion. Both tales have meanings that could teach us all a thing or two. Fred’s starts this way… When we expose our greatest hopes and precious things to strangers, we may be thought a fool. But the ordinary

I didn’t get around to posting anything here for most of the day ’cause between comings and goings around the house there has been a bit of a conversation going on over at Fred’s Fragments and Nameless Creek Blogs. Other than that the day has been way to pretty and springlike to spend too much time in the house. Cloudless

Tonight I thought it might be fun track my wanderings on the web…If it doesn’t work for you check back tomorrow.No explanations, just links to what I actually read… static exotic Empire of the Air mystery of a trip toward spring Not a long list but it’s getting late…

Alone with a book…My oldest daughter off in her own world. Taken many years ago with a throwaway camera in Kerrville, Tx on the Guadalupe River.

I spent my lunch hour (x2) with Michael Pollan and John Mackey watching the webcast of their recent UC Berkeley gabfest. I thoroughly enjoyed the time. Both men appeared to be totally involved with their subject. John Mackey used the opportunity to make several initiative announcements for Whole Foods Market. I found myself being impressed with his talk. Some people

Happy March One The first day of the month of spring is coming in a bit on the warm and damp side here. The temperature here is already just a degree below 70 and the day hasn’t even said hello to the sun yet…The weather prognosticators are mentioning a cool front moving our way this morning with some “much dryer