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!
April 27th, 2022
Wordless Wednesday
April 26th, 2022
Tuesday That’s overcast and cool this morning. A slight breeze is blowing… I don’t have much to say this morning so I won’t say anything else… Have a great day and I’ll catch you on…
April 25th, 2022
Monday I’m sitting on the front porch today, watching the kids get on the bus. It’s already starting to get warmer. But, the world is green and filled with bird song. According to the prognosticators,…
April 22nd, 2022
Friday Another overcast day in southeast Texas. It’s already 74°. Headed up to 83 today… The forecast says it’s only supposed to be partly cloudy today. I’m sure the sun will come out sometime. But…
April 21st, 2022
Thursday Back home after a week and a day in the hospital. I was actually out of it for a little longer than that, but most of my issues are behind me now. I’ll let…
April 9th, 2022
Saturday Yes, it is spring… Enjoy the day… Catch you on the other side…
April 1st, 2022
Friday, April Fools Day I do not have much to say today… I’d rather not make a fool of myself… There seem to be enough fools in the world today… So, on that note, y’all…
March 31st, 2022
Thursday I’ve recently been wandering through the memories of for decades ago. One of those memories is of the years I worked on the Annual Western Heritage Sale we worked on back in the late…
March 30th, 2022
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/LcuFBwrCu70
March 29th, 2022
Tuesday The temperature outside this morning is 69°. The sky is overcast. A slight breeze is blowing.
March 28th, 2022
Monday https://youtu.be/f8-OoESVIXU Spring is working at showing it’s colors… Watching the different trees of the same species as they leaf out on different schedules is fun. Some of the oaks have already reached that spring…
March 25th, 2022
Friday https://youtu.be/6w3037nq23o
March 24th, 2022
Thursday It’s another cool morning. With totally clear skies, a moon hanging above the pines… Maybe I should say half a moon. According to the wunderground, temperatures in the lower 40s… Windy.com though is calling…
March 23rd, 2022
Wordless Wednesday
March 22nd, 2022
Tuesday Waiting for the storm… https://youtu.be/QTZDCmksz_s And in less than an hour… It’s done!
March 21st, 2022
Monday afternoon The day started out in the upper 60s… It’s now in the mid ’70s. It’s misted rain all day long. The prognosticators are foretelling of an overnight low in the upper 50s where…
March 20th, 2022
Sunday afternoon It’s cool and breezy out today. I’m on the back porch again with my Kindle. Y’all stay safe, stay healthy, and pray for our dysfunctional nation and the world… Pray for the Ukraine……
March 19th, 2022
Saturday It’s a beautiful afternoon for mid March… It’s warm enough that I have the ceiling fans on the porch on. Even though the day started off in the ’40s and it’ll be in the…
March 18th, 2022
Friday I’m just going to go with the images today… So, y’all stay safe, stay healthy, and pray for our dysfunctional nation and the world… With a special prayer for the people of Ukraine.
March 17th, 2022
Thursday – Saint Patrick’s Day There’s a slight blush of spring in the air and on the trees… Blue bonnets are blooming on the bypass underpass. A scattering of azaleas are beginning to bloom around…
March 16th, 2022
Wednesday Shelby Store, Gary Boyd 2010Searching for spring in Fayette County In rural Fayetteville, two rusty gas pumps stand like landmarks to what’s left of the old Shelby Store. Each morning, storekeeper Carolyn Bruening takes…
March 15th, 2022
Tuesday From the Winamp machine… The Last of the Hobo Kings Steam Train Maury died last night His wife Wanda by his side Caught the Westbound out of here Hopped the high irons to the…
March 14th, 2022
Monday – Pi Day
March 9th, 2022
Wordless Wednesday
March 5th, 2022
Saturday… https://youtu.be/LwSE3sjv0ZM The Winamp machine was playing this song last night. For some reason it just didn’t sound quite right and I couldn’t figure out why… I mean I knew the song… Knew it really…
March 4th, 2022
Friday https://youtu.be/-HUv1oSTKzc Today, for all intents, dawned a beautiful spring morning… Birds were singing. Not much to say today… So… How about some music? https://youtu.be/ohSrY6DOA2I
March 3rd, 2022
Thursday There are high clouds this morning. And, the morning temperature is in the mid 50s… A really nice place to start out the day. Jeb Loy Nichols is playing on the Winamp machine. Ever…
March 2nd, 2022
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/3TCjwbUzle4
The 27th of February, 2022
Sunday evening Clouds finally moved out today. Though it was later than we expected… I was playing around with the panoramic mode on my phone camera in the above shots… Just in a different orientation….
The 26th of February, 2022
Saturday afternoon Cool with a light, misty rain falling… The day has been stuck in the low 40s and the overcast has hung on… … And on this weekend say a special prayer for the…
The 25th of February, 2022
Friday https://youtu.be/i3XBfF6Vf-4 It’s gray and cool and damp today… It was gray and cool and damp yesterday… too. It’s been gray a lot… or so it seems. Even when it is anything but cool… it…
The 16th of February, 2022
Wordless Wednesday
The 14th of February, 2022
Monday, Valentine’s Day https://youtu.be/9kR-IBgtpX0 It dawned frosty this morning… The temperature was hovering around 33° when I walked outside. With just enough clouds to brighten the sunrise. I spent last evening watching the latest programs…
The 12th of February, 2022
Saturday Night Music https://youtu.be/uqheSQjmBhA The Winamp machine has hit the randomness of some really good blues guitar tonight… It’s been probably two decades since I first discovered Matt Thorpe. I still enjoy listening to him…
The 11th of February
Friday https://youtu.be/15NBBKsLzts It’s the end of the week… As the sun came up a mist hugged the earth… The cool of winter hung on as the sun burned off the fog… Everyone enjoy the coming…
The 10th of February, 2022
Thursday It’s a bit foggy out this morning. The temperature when I first walked out was 38°. It’ll get up into the 70s later today… Southeast Texas weather and its best. The photos above show…
The 9th of February, 2022
Wordless Wednesday
The 8th of February, 2022
Tuesday https://youtu.be/Da1TdpwTBlk I walked out before sunup this morning and it was just a bit chilled on the back porch. I wasn’t expecting the temperature to be as low as it was after the high…
The 6th of February, 2022
Sunday https://youtu.be/mVEXkLht6hQ Happy Birthday Me It’s my birthday… I was listening to the Winamp machine and the song up above came on. It was released on January 1, 1987… A good long time ago in…
The 5th of February, 2022
Saturday Friday night music led me to a group I fell in love with way back in the early 2000’s,.. It was the Greencards. Here’s the song that got me going last night… https://youtu.be/mvCdUQW7cgE Every…
The 4th of February, 2022
Friday Baby it’s cold outside… At least for the Texas Gulf Coast it’s cold. Morning temperature at 8:30 a.m. was 27°. At least we don’t seem to have ice or sleet or even snow. As…
The 3rd of February, 2022
Thursday https://youtu.be/GOZFOxv1kP0 Good morning. The cold front has pushed off the coast, and temperatures have fallen into the upper 30s to low 40s for most of the region. Our primary concern remains the potential for…
The 2nd of February, 2022
Wordless Wednesday
The 1st of February, 2022
Tuesday Happy Birthday Abby The day started out with a light misty rain. Overcast. The temperature though, was quite moderate at 63°. The photos above I took from my back porch as I was putting…
January 31st, 2022
Monday Just to show you how deceiving looks can be… The morning looks decidedly wintery… But the temperatures or anything but. At the moment it’s 63° at 10:00 a.m. had the prognosticators or say it…
January 30th, 2022
Sunday https://youtu.be/mcUdxdbiyPc I’ve got it all to myself now Crack the window just a hair Dark and close, the way I like it Black tobacco chokes the air I keep to myself, I lack the…
January 28th, 2022
Friday Night Music https://youtu.be/SuapCENFM2U Ok… I was just letting YouTube pick the music on the TV in my living room… And this one was just really, really fun. And come on… Mary Chapin Carpenter! Saturday…
January 27th, 2022
Thursday https://youtu.be/xtHVLR8JzeQ IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY It’s a thing of bliss, Like a morning kiss; When the sun says hello to my heart. Takes me by the hand. And I understand, That the world is…
January 26th, 2022
Wordless Wednesday Wintery morning, 2022
January 24th, 2022
Monday “Only a select few are able to see the true beauty that lies behind what just might seem like a rainy day or a grey sky.” ~Jessica M. Laar~ It’s overcast today. The temperature…
