This time of the year, and the season, my eye seems more drawn to what water reflects. Sea, sky, mountain […]


This time of the year, and the season, my eye seems more drawn to what water reflects. Sea, sky, mountain […]

Autumn on the trees. . .Fall on the ground. . . Change of seasons. . .Seasons of change. . . […]

Carol spied these little screech owls on our evening walk! We even heard them try out their first “screech.”

One minute of the symphony chorus in the wild green of our mountain spring. Volume UP. . .

Friendly Freethinker (the Book) was published during the pandemic. A collection of 50 essays, drawn from my weekly newspaper columns, […]

This week’s column, “Storms of Service and Salvation,” calls attention to the motives behind helping others, especially after disasters. Do […]

The word of the week is: Turbidity. This week’s column looks at the “disturbance” to our local water system due […]

This week’s column reflects on the way personal and community disasters bring us face to face with loss, while recalling […]

My latest collection of essays has been published as a paperback, ebook and audiobook. Published during the aftermath of our […]

October blew in with a hurricane, possible tornado, bringing natural mess and human misery. Here in the Blue Ridge mountains […]

This idea of “personhood” gets a lot of press. Some “grant personhood” to masses of cells in women’s bodies, claiming […]

The only novel I’ve written is now available in audio format. Jesus and John Muir: A Wilderness Novel Actually a […]