Category: North Carolina

Yesterday I began reading “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle” by Barbara Kingsolver. It is seldom that I am captured on the preface by the writing style of an author the way this book captured me… We wanted to live in a place that could feed us: where rain falls, crops grow, and drinking water bubbles right up from the ground. That is

Have you ever watched a Bluejay eat an acorn? Around my home in Texas we have Bluejays year round. Actually, we have more Bluejays in winter than in summer but that’s neither here nor there. The Bluejays in my yard tend to eat acorns they find on the ground. Watching them find an acorn to try is fun but the

Had things gone as planned, today would be my first day back at the office after our North Carolina Mountain fix for the year. Things didn’t and I’m not (back at the office that is). Even though I’ve missed this summers trip, and I’ve seen more of Doctors and Nurses than I really wanted (even though I’m married to one…Nurse

Had the plans worked out, this morning I would have woke in my own bed for the first time in two weeks. Having left Valle Crucis on Thursday morning the plans called for a drive across Tennessee with a stay in Memphis before finishing the trip with a drive down through the piney woods of east Texas. I didn’t spend

Two photographers, two cameras…One View…

Part 4… You can find the earlier posts here… Part 1 & Part 2 & Part 3 From the looks of the weather report at Ray’s we would probably be spending most of the day lazing around the cabin today enjoying the high temperatures that don’t even hit the lows we are used to…These low 50’s in the mornings are

Part 3… You can find the earlier posts here… Part 1 & Part 2 Had life not intruded on the best laid plans, this is what I would have seen a whole lot of for the next 7 days… I had already picked up a nice stack of books to take along. A Ludlum, a Baldacci, a Dillard, a Berry

Part One is Here Had this years vacation not been canceled due to my treatment regime today’s plans called for a pleasant meander from Asheville to Valle Crucis via that bestest of all American Byways…The Blue Ridge Parkway… Leaving out of Asheville after sleeping in, always makes that initial climb to the top of the ridges such a long anticipated

One of the places that was on the list for a visit on this year’s Blue Ridge Mountain trip was (and is) Floyd, Virginia. I have made the acquaintance (virtually) of a few residents of Floyd County over the past couple of years and I feel the need to feel that little piece of the Blue Ridge Country under my