Laissez les bons temp rouler
Traveling from east to west, the Mississippi River Bridge is a time portal for me. I drive for hours squarely focused on the here and now, then I reach the bridge and in a breath I'm suspended above the Big Muddy, the river stretches for as far as I can see to my...
Wrinkles in Space and Time
Millions of years ago America and Africa rubbed shoulders and the Appalachia n Mountains were created. The ancient Appalachians, at one time as high as the Alps or Rockies, created quite an east-west barrier from Canada down to central Alabama. Today’s, kinder-gentler...
Lighting up the mountains
I was at the Allens Creek soccer fields Saturday morning watching Maddie play w hen my eyes were drawn to the mountains across the way. Red splashes like watercolor brush strokes climbing a mottled green canvas were shinning from the forests. It was Virginia creeper...
Serendipitous hawk watch
The rains came Saturday. It was a good day for a soaker, from my perspective. I had writing I needed to catch up on and it’s not as hard being stuck away down in the dungeon when it’s pouring. We had seen the forecast for Sunday and I remember remarking to Denise, on...
Fall out for the fallout
Thanks to an invitation from a friend – Blair Ogburn, senior naturalist at Balsam Mountain Trust, I was able to spend a few hours last Saturday (9/12) morning looking for fall migrants at Balsam Mountain Preserve. Great friends, great birding, add a twist of...
Get thee to an eatery
Sorry, I couldn’t help it – I saw Hamlet at Montford Park this past weekend. But to be more specific, get thee to City Lights Café this Friday, September 13 at 6:00 p .m. for “Land of the Crooked Water.” Land of the Crooked Water is the inaugural offering of the...