by don | Nov 22, 2012
Often lost in the North Shore Road (Road to Nowhere) controversy were the visceral ties to community and sense of place. There is a kind of melancholy intermingled with the surreal beauty of Lake Fontana. The lake is beautiful, no doubt, but it is an unnatural beauty...
by don | Nov 22, 2012
Back in spring of 2011 I wrote about a wetlands restoration project at Lake Junaluska – http://www.smokymountainnews.com/archives/item/3686-a-perfect-fit. Candace Stimson, in order to fulfill her Low Impact Development degree at Haywood Community College,...
by don | Nov 17, 2012
Early mornings kind of go with the territory around here. With work, kids and the never-ending list of chores every homeowner has the wee hours are often the only time one has to exhale. But I’m a crepuscular creature and that suits me just find. Last Sunday morning...
by don | Nov 2, 2012
Finch irruptions are not that uncommon. They generally occur in some numbers, in some locations almost every year. But in some years the movements are larger and more widespread. The winter of 2012-2013 is shaping up to be one of those years. Irruptions are not...
by don | Oct 26, 2012
This morning when I had coffee on my deck I did not hear the hooded warbler that nests in the tangles in the young woods below my yard. I did not hear a northern parula singing from the tops of the tulip poplars. There was no buzzy black-throated blue song emanating...
