Appalachian Mountain Dreams

A great lady who preceded the mess we had with Gov. G W Bush died last week. Molly Ivins remembers a thing or two in her latest column. Go have a read… Creators.com – Creators Syndicate: “At a long-ago political do at Scholz Garten in Austin, everybody who was anybody was there meetin’ and greetin’ at a furious pace. A

I’ve posted a few times on the global warming controversy (not that I see a controversy, but to be politically correct we’ll call it a controversy). I wanted to pass on this link from Daily Kos from Friday because it puts most of what I’ve been saying into a single well written piece. Science Friday: Pale Blue Flame by DarkSyde

I guess this is a prime reason for local sustainable agriculture if there ever was one… Calif. Farm Firm Linked To Tainted Spinach – washingtonpost.com: “Federal health officials last night linked a deadly E. coli outbreak in bagged spinach products to a California farm company that sells organic produce in 74 percent of the country’s grocery stores. Natural Selection Foods,

I went walking with my camera around sundown today. For the first time in days the sky is clear. We have had a “cold” front blow through and the weather folks are saying we should expect a couple of days of “autumn” weather. They are predicting a low tonight of…Maybe 68 degrees and the height tomorrow will be a moderate

Don’t you know how it is…You get a new camera, the weather which has been dry for weeks turns stormy immediately…Here are some shots from my backyard this weekend. Along the path by Mustang Bayou… Mustang Bayou… Sights along the trail… End of the day… Have a great week…

From the Observer | World we learn the Global Warming trend could be accelerating… “The frozen bogs of Siberia are melting, and the thaw could have devastating consequences for the planet, scientists have discovered. They have found that Arctic permafrost, which is starting to melt due to global warming, is releasing five times more methane gas than their calculations had

The Drive to Work I picked up the new Nikon yesterday evening, so now I’m digital. On the way to work I was caught at a light around the corner from the office and this is what greeted me out the passenger window. I couldn’t move so I had to play…look for more as I get used to the new

Take a trip down memory lane (at least if you are anywhere near my age)… Leon Hale: Fill ‘er Up?: “Fill ‘er Up? Service stations? No, I’ve gone back to calling them filling stations because you go in and pump the gas yourself and if you want any help you pay extra. But I remember service stations. In the ’50s

Fred at Fragments posted this link this morning. You should jump on over and check the article. I know I will be looking for the magazine at the B&N this week to read the rest. Scientific American.com: A Climate Repair Manual: “Translation of scientific consensus on climate change into a consensus on what should be done about it carries the

Have you ever had the experience of someone else’s words bringing forth a mind picture so vivid you could not disregard it? Even when the image the writer was invoking had nothing to do with your mind picture? Well it just happened to me reading Colleen’s opening quote over at Loose Leaf Notes . She had this passage quoted: Two