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Chasing Spring into Summer

Forgive me for a rather long catch-up post.  Lately I’ve been chasing a springtime that has apparently turned into a frightfully hot and early summer. Winter was non-existent in Tennessee.  A couple of weeks after the Can Opener, Jim and Regina let me live in their driveway on Douglas Lake …

Fire and Ice

Like empty beer bottles cast out of “the trayla”, the ground is littered with discarded propane canisters outside my Airstream door.   Living in the Waddell’s driveway has always been, uhm .  .  . interesting to say the least.  This time it was the unexpected pre-Halloween snow storm that blanketed the …

The Guardian

Here I am in Mildale Hollow at the Waddell’s living in their driveway again.  Yesterday, morning walk, Shenandoah River, cloudy gray with rain.  The pile of feathers came to life when Lulu poked her nose into it. Obviously startled, a huge Great Horned Owl pulled its head from under his …

Good Night, Virginia

Oh Shenandoah, once again, you have pulled me out of the muck and mire and brought me back to what is meaningful. The balloons have been dried. Your flood waters are receding. I’ve enjoyed the small things …   …that make your valley magical. It’s time to make like a …