This blog was started on a whim in the spring of 2002 because I didn’t know what I was going to do for a living just then. Blogging became a way of sorting things out, then a front porch conversation with new friends. It finally lead to a book, and so much more.
I’m a part time physical therapist, a sometimes biologist and teacher, and a constant observer of the beautiful ordinary here in the Southern Appalachians–specifically, in Floyd County, Virginia.
Here’s a page that will send you off in all sorts of directions: towards the first book, Slow Road Home; ahead towards another book in the works, currently working under the title “Bridging the Nature Gap”. There, you can find pointers toward my landscape photographic notecard sets; and a bio over at the Southern Nature Project.
5 responses so far ↓
1 Nikhil // Jul 24, 2007 at 5:27 am
Fred,
Really nice site you’ve got going on here. I plan to stop by more often and read a little about Floyd.
Nikhil
Hyderabad, India
2 Chris Jackson // Aug 17, 2007 at 11:37 am
Fred, I have just recently found your blog, and have enjoyed reading it. I have spent many summers in Floyd and miss it. Say HI to Charlotte & Ernest Bryant for me if you see/know them. If you don’t you should seek them out. They may make for an interesting blog entry.
Chris
Los Angeles
3 Tom Perry // Feb 18, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Fred,
I met you at Sue Shelor’s last year. I started a blog too www.freestateofpatrick.com/blog.
Hope to see you again soon.
Tom Perry
4 Alice // Apr 1, 2008 at 7:08 am
Accidentally found your blog while looking for a photo of a beech leaf to compare with one I took. I enjoy your writings and amazing photos. A retired corporate librarian, I majored in Botany almost 50 yrs ago so can relate to so much of what you are saying. Thank you! Alice
Morrow OH
5 Spence Morgan // Apr 8, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Hey Freddie…
Just thinking about you after reading this poem…I thought I would share with you..maybe you might enjoy it…
-Spence
http://www.songofdixie.com/I%20am%20Their%20Flag.htm
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