Nature just keeps giving gifts in abundance.


Nature just keeps giving gifts in abundance.

Whether you’re exchanging gifts in honor of ancient stories, or not really “doing the holidays,” here are some unwrapped presents […]

{Note: as I replied to one commenter, this post is not at all aimed at legitimate service animals OR thoughtful, […]

As a secular person I have much to be thankful for, and I don’t really mind a day when the […]

First snow of the season here in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Might slip to around 12 degrees tonight. Icy cold […]

Helped this little (voracious and vivacious) lady off the roadway this afternoon. Her glance told me she appreciated the gesture. […]

For most of my life, faith, church, God were formative, central, deeply influential … Then, over time, with much reflection, […]

NO, you DON’T have to read this (or: No, you don’t have to read this. No caps). I make it […]


I took this photo this afternoon as the “curiosity beetle” was ambling across my Thoreau book. Look for my column […]

We are made of water, at least mostly so. Without a stream nearby, I would dry up and turn to […]

I don’t write much poetry any more, and I never liked rhyming much, but here’s something in honor of the […]