The Trail Since 2006
It began with a spark of inspiration from a few kindred spirits scattered along the Appalachian ridges, mostly in North Carolina and Virginia. Back then, we were virtual friends who—for the most part—never shared a physical porch, but we built a digital one together. Some were writers, some were poets, and some were photographers, each of us finding our way through those early “virtual woods” on the internets.
What follows is a collection of my latest musings (and perhaps a bit of blathering), a trail of thoughts that winds all the way back to those first steps in 2006.
Or just meander through my past muses… Just hope the coffee isn’t stale!
The nineteenth of September
It’s Monday From a seared brown to an Irish green in less than a month. While the scattered rains have barely fallen on us The last couple of weeks, we’ve had enough rain this month…
The seventeenth of September
It’s Saturday Yesterday’s email brought the latest propaganda piece from my Congress-critter, as Molly liked to identify them. And Troy E. Nehls, Member of Congress for my district, as he does every week ended his…
The fourteenth of September
It’s Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/0C-dNgypA5M
The thirteenth of September
It’s Tuesday https://youtu.be/riQWKn0rXr8 I find myself enjoying my musical journey more and more. Shannon McNally showed up in my rotation the other day. I only have one of her songs in my library and I…
The 9th of September
It’s Friday I’ve noticed a change in the light this past week. And this morning, there’s a change in the feel of the air. And the prognosticators have foretold of a low temperature tonight that…
August the Twenty-seventh
August the nineteenth
It’s Friday The above radar image is what was happening as the grandkids got on the bus for their second day of school. Between then and now we’ve had 1.25″ of rain. Yesterday afternoon we…
August the twelfth
Friday Finally… After weeks and weeks… We get more than a trace amount of rain. So far, coming up on noon, we’re measuring just below 3/10 of an inch. And it’s been slow, it’s been…
August the 2nd
Tuesday Oh my God I’ve missed her wit and insight every day since she has been absent from Texas. Back in the day I would print out every column and bind them into hardbound volumes…
It’s the 29th day of July
It’s Friday https://youtu.be/rz2fil577mE It’s been another day of listening to thunder… Watching lightning… And only seeing about 5 minutes of rain. The video above shows a loop from this morning to this afternoon… One of…
It’s the 27th day of July
It’s Wordless Wednesday
It’s the 26th day of July
It’s Tuesday Walking through the office this morning I spotted the Audubon calendar that came in the mail yesterday. I immediately had a memory flash. My Grandpa Sewell had one of those very large give…
It’s the 25th day of July
It’s Monday Well, once again, the rains that fell yesterday… Fell around us not on us. It’s really becoming the story of the summer. Thunderstorms passing so close you can feel the mist in the…
It’s the 23rd day of July
It’s Saturday After weeks of flirting and hooded eyes, Mother Nature finally graced us with a mere pittance of moisture in the form of a five minute shower. It’s raining again now. But, as it…
It’s the 22nd day of July
It’s Friday Today is the opening of GC Myers’ solo show at the West End Gallery. The show is called “Chaos & Light”. The title of this year’s edition of my annual solo exhibit at…
It’s the 21st day of July
It’s Thursday If it wasn’t so damn hot, it would be a beautiful day out here in Southeast Texas. But, with the temperature already pushing 90, it’s definitely a day for inside activities. Just like…
It’s the 18th day of July
It’s Monday This time it’s for real Linda… I was off to the doctor earlier today… Nothing wrong, just a regular follow-up. When I got back I was wandering around the internets… Somehow I stumbled…
It’s the 16th day of July
It’s Saturday Not much to say today, other than… It’s hot.
Finally Rain
It’s not much… But it is standing in the driveway… And you can hear it dripping… Dripping… Not a gully washer. Not cats and dogs. But it is rain.
It’s the 15th day of July
It’s Photo Friday This week’s Challenge: ‘Road’. Talimena National Scenic Byway, June 2010 It was June of 2010 and I had scored some semi-decent tickets to an Eagles concert with the Dixie Chicks opening for…
It’s the 14th day of July
It’s Thursday I was dragged reluctantly from my slumber by the distant rumblings of thunder at 5am this morning. As I lay there listening… contemplating the rarity of this sound lately… thinking I really should…
It’s the 13th day of July
It’s Wordless Wednesday
Another Near Miss
Once again, thunder is all we got…
It’s the 12th day of July
It’s Tuesday There are clouds to the east of us… There are clouds to the west of us… But there are no clouds to the south of us, or over us… The prognosticators are foretelling…
It’s the 11th day of July
It’s Monday After a way too hot weekend… With more time than I care to admit spent on the road… I’m hiding from the heat inside my home. As I am sure many of you…
It’s the 10th day of July
It’s Sunday Just saying…
It’s the eighth day of July
It’s Friday It is extraordinary to see the sea; what a spectacle! She is so unfettered that one wonders whether it is possible that she again become calm.-Claude Monet I haven’t done a Photo Friday…
The 7th Day of July
It’s Thursday There’s a meme that’s been going around for what seems like forever… Throwback Thursday. I haven’t played it, but the outdoor temperature has be wishing for a cooler memory. Here are some of…
It’s the 6th day of July
It’s Wordless Wednesday
It’s the first day of July
And, it’s Friday Rain, rain everywhere… Just not here. More often than not, the radar image above is the way the rain pattern around here looks. Rain will move right up to the edge of…
The 30th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It’s Thursday There is a promise of rain today, both in the forecast and on the horizon. At some point that promise reaches almost 100%. After teases over the last 3 days, we could really…
The 29th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It’s Wordless Wednesday
The 28th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It’s Tuesday Today I got out of bed early and walked out on the porch… Early. The sun hadn’t passed the horizon. As a matter of fact, the eastern sky was just a pink glow….
The 27th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It’s Monday The prognosticators are giving us an optimistic foretelling of moisture falling from the heavens… The rain chances are rising. As you can see, the skies to the east are looking a bit unsettled…
The 26th of June, Twenty Twenty-Two
It’s Sunday Mary Shelly Once a week I receive an email from Maria Popova that she calls The Marginalian. Maria’s essays are always an interesting hyperlinked brain teasing, twisting through time tying together of thoughts…
The 25th of June, Twenty Twenty-Two
It’s Saturday To hell with MAGA… I just want America to be America Again! And a bunch of angry old conservatives don’t seem to care about what I want… Or even what a majority of…
The 24th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It’s Friday The weekend forecast from Space City Weather… Today through SundayHot, hot, hot. Look for temperatures near 100° or hotter each afternoon with just the slightest chance for a shower or storm. Morning lows…
The 23rd of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It’s Thursday Today I just visited summer. I walked out our front door… I looked left and I looked right… Then I returned into the house of perpetual spring. With summer officially here this week,…
The 22nd of June, Twenty Twenty-two
Wordless Wednesday
The 21st of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It’s Tuesday There are thunderstorms rolling around, pretty much isolated just over me. Then though the radar map shows there is lightning and thunder off to my east, I’m not hearing it right here. But…
The 20th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It’s Monday It was too warm, too humid, too still… Visiting the back porch this morning was a thing to do, but not a thing to drag out or to enjoy. The temperature at 78°,…
The 19th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
The 17th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It’s Friday It’s another warm morning on the front porch. The temperature is 78° and the humidity is at 91%. So as I sit here the fan in the chair is blowing at medium. I’m…
The 16th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It’s Thursday Looking to the east there’s a haze in the air. That’s the humidity back this morning. According to the weather app, it’s at 96%. Though happily, the temperature is only at 77°. After…
The 15th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It’s Wordless Wednesday
The 14th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It’s Tuesday There are heavy clouds to the east this morning. I’m sure they won’t last. I’m sure they’re not bringing any rain. I’ve been trying to post to my site since shortly after 8:00…
The 13th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It’s Monday It’s a busy day today. I’m just now starting my first cup of muses… And I’m on the road soon. I have to have lab work done before my physical on Wednesday afternoon….
The 12th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It’s Sunday And, it’s still hot out. It looks like it’s going to stay that way for the foreseeable future. So I’ll be spending most of my time in the indoor environment in comfort…
The 11th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It’s Saturday Nothing more needs to be said…
The 10th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It’s Friday Hello… So says my granddaughters chalk art on the back porch when I walked out. She’s been busy out there covering quite a bit of the porch with her chalk art. Though when…
