Appalachian Mountain Dreams

I slept late this morning and once the coffee was done I started with my Google Reader feeds for a change. Some of what led me on to the full story are… The Rural Life The Scent of Lilacs By VERLYN KLINKENBORG Published: May 20, 2007 I am writing from a mile high in a small Wyoming town on the

It’s Saturday morning and the house is quiet. Not a soul is stirring right now, not even the kitten sleeping in on my left forearm. You try typing with just one hand sometime, boy does it slow down even an untutored typist like me. I am enjoying the fact that spring has decided to pay another short visit, the kitchen

Way to go Fred…You’ve made the big time now. Reviewed in the Washington Post…Somebody send me a hard copy. Gotta love it… ROAD READS ROAD READS “Slow Road Home” (second edition), by Fred First Sunday, May 20, 2007; Page P02 BOOK: “Slow Road Home” (second edition), by Fred First (Goose Creek Press, $15.95) TARGET AUDIENCE: People who find wonder in

When I tried to put together this mornings post before I left home the laptop decided to lock up and laugh at me…So it was shutdown and hit the road with my post peculating in the back of my mind. The very first thing I heard on PBS as I was headed down the street I live on was about

This reminds me of the good old days when the “Light Company” was a public utility and I used to wonder why the hell they advertised on every TV and Radio channel. Did you know that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was involved in predicting the weather?  Duh…Did these guys ever hear of the internet? The National Oceanic and Atmospheric

I see that even though the Blue Ridge Mountains are having a couple of days of early spring weather again they are looking a bit dry. Checking out Ray’s Weather Page today he closes his forecast with a warning about the lack of moisture and the chance of fires…But with maybe a frost in the forecast, my how nice it

I had a visit scheduled on Monday with the Doc, so naturally, I scheduled the whole day as a holiday…After the Doc and a slow meander home along the bay I had a quick lunch and took myself off to see if I could find something to photograph. I had been meaning to stop along the road here for a

There is no better way to start a morning than with a column by Leon Hale. Go sit awhile on the porch of his old country house and hear a tale or two… WINEDALE — On the front porch again at the old country house in Washington County, and here is my deep thought for the week: One of humankind’s

Reading my email this morning the first thing up was the Grist Digest. Scrolling down the page I saw that Tom Philpott has a new article published. It was pretty good reading, go check it out… Buyer Be WaryOn the peculiar American habit of demonizing food By Tom Philpott 10 May 2007 I find myself in total agreement with him

As I wander the backroads around my neck of the woods, the rainbow of spring wildflowers has already given way to the reflected sunshine of the summer blooms. As you may have noticed in the photos of the last week, the yellow of the sun has been transplanted to every unmowed field in this part of Texas. We ave yet