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Winter Malcontents

January 4, 2012

NOW I remember. Until this week, I only thought winter is not so bad. And relatively speaking, we have sissy winters here. But even so, they come with their own share of hurdles, aggravations and risks. VDOT has not seen fit in several years to actually let us benefit from the 18” culvert that would [...]

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Chicken Dinner:Then There Were None. Again.

January 3, 2012

Under other circumstances, I’d have been over to shut up the chickens in their pen in the later afternoon, and back again to shut the doors to their house not much later. But yesterday, it just was not worth the effort to ride herd on the pup over to the barn and back, carrying her [...]

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How Much is That Doggie: Searching for Tsuga

January 2, 2012

A decidedly bad mix: Tevas, toes and a pit full of puppies. Eleven blond furballs were all very asleep when we got there to see them. Hoping that this visit, The One would show himself unmistakably to us, it was a disappointment to see almost a dozen peacefully rising and falling puppy tummies all around [...]

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Miss Congeniality or Junk Yard Dog?

December 26, 2011

This time of year is my most creative and productive, full of projects, potential and possibilities. In January, February, and March of 2006, I compiled and published Slow Road Home. In January, February, and March 2009 I compiled and published What We Hold In Our Hands. In January, February, and March of 2012, I’m not sure [...]

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Let There Be Peace on Earth

December 24, 2011

…and let it begin with us. Even in the din of ignorance, short-sighted self-serving protectionism, and bigotry, I have hope in the wisdom and action-on-principle I see cropping up in so many places–small places, with small groups of visionary folks of all colors and callings. We have it in us to do the right thing [...]

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The Face of a True Believer

December 21, 2011

The caption comes from my son’s response to this image of his niece, enraptured by the magic of Santa Claus. Meh. (But the picture is precious!) Santa lately is taking some licks–even to the point of being decapitated as his skeleton hung on a Loudon County cross. I wonder if it is possible to just [...]

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November Frosty Morning Panorama

December 4, 2011

I’m just sorry you can’t enjoy the aromasphere: there is a smell to winter, of frost and absence of molecular motion–a non-fragrance all its own. Click the picture for a larger image. This image is composed of four smaller images stitched together in Photoshop.

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Jack Frost and Fred, First Thing this Morning

December 2, 2011

Just in with 50 chilled shots of the early frost in the pasture grasses. This kind of shot won’t be possible after the first wet snow takes down the frail stems and lacy tops that hold frost crystals so beautifully. I hope to have better shots, mostly with the Nikon D200. This one was with [...]

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Storms Come, Storms Go

November 29, 2011

There are quite a few plates spinning this morning, including getting my mom to the airport for her flight back to B’ham. Then, home and get my head around upcoming events: tomorrow at noon at the New College Institute in Martinsville (open to the public) and a TBA event on Saturday at Heartwood in Abingdon. [...]

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Treasure Hunting for the Light

November 15, 2011

Richmond’s cold cut deep–a wet-cold that made bare hands on a morning walk a reminder of the winter ahead. Gloves would have been a help, but one can no more use gloves and connect with a camera than with a piano. (Fingerless gloves might be a stocking-stuffer if Santa is listening!) I’d noticed the string [...]

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