Appalachian Mountain Dreams

Ever since they gave Leon Hale a blog life has been better. Now he drops little thought pictures out there that wouldn’t make a whole column…Check out his thoughts on piddling. Leon Hale | A blog featuring Houston Chronicle columnist Leon Hale: “People are always asking me what I do here in the country. What I do is not much.

This is the entrance to the Old Quarter Acustic Cafe a venue for singer/songwriters just off the Strand in Galveston. The last time I made a show it was a friend from high school, Freddy Steady Krc playing ( who I see I just missed a couple of weeks ago,damn). Wrecks Bell owns and runs the place. It’s a pretty

Elizabeth Point, Galveston BayOct 1, 2006 Looks like I need to do more of these Sunday Photo Trips. So far they are turning up some really nice shots…to work, I must now go. Have a great day.

I got out of bed earlier than normal this Sunday morning ’cause I wanted to make the 30+ minute run down toward Galveston to try and catch some shots as the sun came up…I almost didn’t make it. This shot is of a fishing boat close to the railroad bridge on the mainland side of the bay. Galveston is on

I was sitting at the kitchen table going through my morning emails, reading the blogs I keep up with and generally doing what I do during the quiet of a Saturday morn when after checking out Fragments I started running Fred’s link list. Basically, I was looking for some new voices on what was happening in the world. The voice

As I sit at my computer reading the mornings emails here are a few of the things that stand out: From the Washington Post:E.J Dionne had this to say about the Clinton interview on Fox – “Sober, moderate opinion will say what sober, moderate opinion always says about an episode of this sort: Tut tut, Clinton looked unpresidential, we should

 Used car lots in this neck of the woods leave a lot to be desired!  Nothing a little paint and elbow grease wouldn’t help…don’t ya think?Ya’ll have a great day…

A few weeks back Colleen over at Loose Leaf Notes quoted some of Jim Minick’s “Finding a Clear Path” published by the West Virginia University Press. Her recommendation sent me online and a week later my copy of the book arrived. I have to say I am thoroughly impressed. Jim Minick has a way of writing that makes you think

As I walked out the door this morning, this is the sight that greeted me…Ya’ll have a great day!  

Last evening before bed I decided to walk out and enjoy some of this nice fall weather before it grinds to a halt. I wondered out to the center of the field behind the house and heard an uncommon sound for this neighborhood, the hoot of an owl. Just for the fun of it I decided to answer. And thus