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 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…
The 9th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It’s Thursday I’m back out on the front porch. And really it’s because on bright sunny mornings there’s nothing like filling your viewscape with shade. So, with the temperature already at 79° and the humidity…
The 8th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
Wordless Wednesday
The 7th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It’s Tuesday Even though the sun’s just up, the thermometer is already reading 79°. So, this muse will be short… I hear a red tail hawk calling in the edge of the woods. Other than…
The 6th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
Monday It’s definitely summer. We’re starting out the day at 76°. And the crickets and the cicadas are making sure that quietness doesn’t intrude upon our morning. I pulled up the WordPress app this morning…
The 5th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
Sunday No images… Not many words… Just a video of a singer-songwriter I’ve never heard before that caught my ear playing from my music library… https://youtu.be/Shr47LVcA5I She is a favorite of my eldest daughter. Evidently…
The 4th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
Saturday Yesterday afternoon late I took a walk around my backyard. When I got to the back corner I decided to give you a view from the opposite point of view of my normal CoffeeMuses….
The 3rd of June, Twenty Twenty-two
Friday It’s bright out this morning. The sun is shining on a freshly washed world. The showers that were predicted for yesterday evening actually showed up. They weren’t large, the duration of the rain was…
Second of June Twenty Twenty-two
Thursday I am out on the front porch this morning watching the world go by as the sun gets higher in the sky. It’s a bit cooler out today, 74° and it feels a bit…
1st of June Twenty Twenty-two
Wordless Wednesday
May 31st, 2022
Tuesday It’s a bit sticky out this morning. 79° and still. I’m on the front porch, and the traffic is lighter than I expected for a work day even though school is out. I have…
May 30th, 2022
Monday, Memorial Day For all intents and purposes, this is the first day of my summer. No more alarms getting me up before the sun. For that matter no more alarms for school bus routes…
Thinking about the mountains…
May 29th, 2022 – Sunday
May 27th, 2022
Friday I find myself still sitting on the front porch after the buses have run. This will be my last morning bus run till fall. Today ends another school year, and the grandkids will be…
May 26th, 2022
Thursday It’s a gorgeous, almost perfect, spring-like morning. The temperature is 62°. The skies are cloudless and blue. The birds are singing. And the sun is rising. It only takes a very little effort to…
May 25th, 2022
Wordless Wednesday
And the rain comes down…
May 24th, 2022
Tuesday It’s overcast… Again. And though the temperature is about the same as yesterday, it doesn’t have the feel of coolness that was in the air yesterday. Though, I must admit there is a sweet…
May 23rd, 2022
Monday It’s overcast this morning. I’m pleasantly cool on the front porch with just a bit of humidity in the air from the rain yesterday morning. Once again the morning is filled with the call…
May 21st, 2022
Saturday Jeep in field – 2007 Walkin’ the dogs – 2010 Another walk in the woods – 2010 Watching the construction around the corner I was struck when this song by the Eagles came up…
May 20th, 2022
Friday Waiting for the bus before 7:00 a.m., and it’s already very warm out. The temperature for the day is 79°. And the sun is just starting to shine through the trees. Hopefully, the rain…
May 19th, 2022
Thursday Happy birthday sis… Sitting on the front porch, between buses, I am still not used to the view that takes me all the way to the traffic on the bypass. The land clearing has…
May 18th, 2022
Wordless Wednesday Mimosa Chaste Tree Chaste Tree
May 17th, 2022
Tuesday It was cooler than expected this morning out on the front porch. And there was a bit of a fog hanging low in the open spaces… Just not under the tree canopy. I’ve been…
May 13th, 2022
Friday the 13th I drove my wife to a Doctor’s appointment this morning… While she was in to see the doctor I pulled up Facebook on my phone and was just scrolling thru the posts….
May 12th, 2022
Thursday We lucked into one of the cooler mornings of the summer season. The temperature this morning at the time of the first bus is 65°. The sun is beginning to light the trees. The…
May 11th, 2022
Wordless Wednesday
May 10th, 2022
Tuesday In my own mind I like to break summer in Houston into four phases. We can do this in Houston because “summer” season lasts so long, typically about five months. This is contrast to…
May 9th, 2022
Monday It’s a breezy, mockingbird morning. A little two-seater sports car just tried to hit 65 mph down my little two lane road. It’s already warm out. My phone says it’s 79° already… And truthfully,…
May 6th, 2022
Friday There is a bit of ground fog this morning. We had a great light show last night as the front moved through. It was one of the better thunder and lightning events of the…
May 5th, 2022
Thursday, Cinco de Mayo When I walked out with my granddaughter this morning I did something I haven’t done before… I pulled up the podcast app on my phone. The first thing I listened to…
May 2nd, 2022
Monday Both kids are on the buses. The light out hasn’t changed all morning. The heavy overcast is keeping it gloomy. And on this Monday morning, I don’t have much to say… so I won’t…
April 29th, 2022
Friday Another day of staying off my feet as much as possible. But another day of reading and listening to music. I’m sitting on the front porch. Waiting for school bus number two, while watching…
April 28th, 2022
Thursday I’m sitting on the front porch this morning. The second bus is just picked up a grandkid. Birds are singing. And the air is still spring-like for a bit… I saw that the Space…
