Monday Morning Reading
I see from the weather forecast that the Blue Ridge should get a reprieve from…
Sunday Morning Muses
You have to love this time of year…Don’t you?Last evening we were running the AC…
Only in Texas
So maybe they sleep in comfortable recreational vehicles these days instead of bunking under the…
Photo Friday: Textured
TGIF – 2767
TIMEAnd another week has passed. Isn’t it amazing how fast time flies as you get…
Foggy, drippy morning
As I wandered out with the garbage this morning I could feel the fog in…
Tuesday Coffee Muses
When I woke up this morning the weather outside would fit the Blue Ridge Mountains…
Saturday at the Office
This is the kind of day I am missing by being in the office right…
Think Small – New York Times
I got this from Gristmill… A wave of interest in such small dwellings — some…
TGIF – 2766th of my life
I guess this morning will pass as the coldest of this year (so far). I…
Hump Day – Moving On
Is it cold where you are? For this part of the country at this time…
Another voice: Revenge of the Chicks | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle
This from The Boston Globe In 2003, Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines told fans in…
Tuesday Coffee Meditations
After days of overcast, I stepped out the back door this morning before first light…
Jim Hightower | MOLLY IVINS
Jim Hightower offers up another tribute to Molly Ivins… We progressives, we Americans – and anyone, anywhere…
Monday Morning – Back to the grind…
Reading the emails this morning I see global warming is kicking in on the Blue…
Beyond the Fields We Know
Somewhere to the south, there are wild orchids raising their heads and fields of grazing…
Chicken Hawks?
Leon Hale just posted a blog entry on hawks…Chicken Hawks Inside The LoopA life-and-death bird…
Dan Bricklin Log
It is always nice to stumble across a reference to someone you haven’t thought about…
Frustrated New Orleans residents fleeing city
It seems the worst is not yet here. New Orleans is a city on a…
Friday Morning Muse
Once more through the mill then two days of running madly in place before facing…
Photo Friday – SKY
Sun Through CloudsThis patch of sunlight on an otherwise overcast landscape caused me to slam…
Flu causing some Texas schools to close | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle
It’s not the bird flue but it’s already causing havoc…Is this what we have to…
Brazoria Wildlife Refuge Panarama
That’s my silhouette standing on the observation platform on Tuesday. The day was beautiful, the…
Morning Light
You have to love a mid-winter morning that starts out with a temperature of 63…
Birthday Deer
Yesterday, being as it was my birthday (and gorgeous to boot), I played hooky (legitimately)…
Monday Morning Muse
As I sit here with my first cup of coffee going through the mornings emails…
CDC Issues Guidelines For Battling Flu Pandemic – washingtonpost.com
We just went over this at work…I still think the lack of planning for travel restrictions…
Molly Ivins, 1944-2007
This just hit the wires… Syndicated political columnist Molly Ivins died of breast cancer Wednesday…
Thought for the Day
My morning email brought me this from the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation… January 30And…
Sunday Photography Seminar
I drug myself out of bed early yesterday and drove into downtown Houston to the…