Muses I Have Had, Coffee I Have Drunk

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!


January 4th, 2022

Tuesday https://youtu.be/ccAEcr-bx28 I’ve gotten out of the habit of putting these posts out in the ether… But, today the kids are back in school, the house is empty, and Eric Clapton is playing on the…

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Friday, Dec 24, 2021

Christmas Eve Christmas Past… Way, Way Past 195619571958195919601961A typical set of mid-20th century family Christmas Cards. Sent out to extended family and friends to keep everyone aware of the growth of the family and the…

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Solstice Muse…A Reprise From 2008

Today feels more like fall here than almost any other morning this season… Facebook reminded me about a post I put up here shortly after my “retirement”. Here it is in it’s entirety with a…

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Friday, Dec 10, 2021

Where, Oh Where Is Winter? https://youtu.be/lv5AiHa5bZM This week has been very wintery looking at least… Though, truth be told, it hasn’t felt at all seasonable. Overcast skies… Winds… But, temperatures keep topping out in the…

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Monday, Dec 6, 2021

It’s A Misty, Rainy Monday https://youtu.be/-V916SIXYmc A pre-dawn rain shower started the day… Warmer than normal… The overnight low never reached 70… I’ve been battling squirrels all weekend… I can’t keep them off of my…

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Thursday, Dec 2, 2021

Foggy Thursday https://youtu.be/Q7bqCR_QLZQ The sliver of a moon that showed thru the fog at 6am left little doubt that the morning was going to start with more than a bit of haze… The early light,…

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Nov 24th, 2021

Wordless Wednesday https://sculpttheworld.smugmug.com/Stone/i-JjK6TrT/A https://sculpttheworld.smugmug.com/Stone/i-MTLSLHk/A

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Nov 22nd, 2021

Monday Still lacking inspiration… My voice is hiding from my spirit here lately…. But… Y’all stay safe, stay healthy, and pray for our dysfunctional nation and the world… Catch y’all down the road…

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Nov 9th, 2021

Tuesday https://youtu.be/0_dj5T4yoGk 43 years ago this morning, my wife and I stood in front of a justice of the peace and said our vows. 43 years, almost twice as long as it took me to…

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Nov 7th, 2021

Sunday https://youtu.be/x59aWwYSGK0 A beautiful, foggy start to Sunday morning. Cool, below 50 degrees. Clear skies… Enjoy your day… Catch y’all down the road…

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Nov 5th, 2021

Friday https://youtu.be/-vcrzAwBTkU It’s a beautiful fall day… And I don’t have a thing to say… So, y’all stay safe, stay healthy, and pray for our dysfunctional nation and the world… Catch y’all down the road…

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Nov 4th, 2021

Thursday https://youtu.be/IgqZDinH7aw The rain swept in yesterday around rush hour. It really wasn’t as bad as it looked on radar. And it cleared earlier than the prognosticators expected… But this morning is dark and gloomy,…

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Nov 2nd, 2021

Tuesday https://youtu.be/sXqvcVjDnu8 It was another beautiful fall morning. Clear skies, a bit of haze hugging the ground, seasonably cool temperatures… The absolute best that fall has to offer this deep in the South… Last night…

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Nov 1st, 2021

Monday https://youtu.be/vGaImjQbwq4 October is over… November is here, Halloween decorations are lined up to be put away for another year. Thanksgiving decorations will be going out… Soon to be replaced by Christmas décor… The weather…

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October Twenty-ninth, 2021

Friday Out and about today… So this is it. Y’all stay safe, stay healthy, and pray for our dysfunctional nation and the world… Catch y’all down the road…

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October Twenty-sixth, 2021

Tuesday https://youtu.be/bJdGtOeuWzg It looks like this return to summer is almost over. Tomorrow we have a front moving through… Rain, wind, and cooling temperatures… Thursday is forecast to be cool and breezy. I doubt I…

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October Twenty-second, 2021

Friday https://youtu.be/XzkC5-cBn8M Another foggy start to a warmish day. Pretty much a repeat of yesterday. Thinking back over the past 10 months, I find I don’t recall all that many foggy mornings. At least not…

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October Twentyfirst, 2021

Thursday https://youtu.be/Ml30HH95048 The world is blanketed with a thick player of fog this morning. The trees drip .. the air is still… a train whistles in the distance… traffic rumbles on the bypass. The past…

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October Eighteenth, 2021

Monday https://youtu.be/gYjJInMyrPI Fall has truly and finally arrived. Though it will come and go for the next few weeks, temperatures rising and falling, the season has turned. We’ve had two mornings when the low temperature…

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October Twelveth, 2021

Tuesday https://youtu.be/PkIV4eiGAI4 Here we are in the middle of October and summer has come back to visit. Over the weekend, the morning lows have moved back into the upper 70s. And stepping out on the…

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October Tenth, 2021

Sunday https://youtu.be/HtFCpENC1G0 It’s an in-between kind of day… Not summer yet not fall either. A sleep-in kind of Sunday. I’m about to start cooking breakfast so this will just be a quick little muse. Gary…

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October Eighth, 2021

Friday https://youtu.be/szRlpg6BG48 Sitting on the front porch this morning. It’s 68°with a 90% humidity. Our preview of fall is winding down by the end of the weekend overnight lows will only reach into the low…

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October Seventh, 2021

Thursday https://youtu.be/hmuP_AQcAdw Walking out on the back porch just after 6:00 a.m. this morning, the world was dark. The sky was clear. And Orion shown brightly directly overhead. The only sound was the roar of…

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October Fifth, 2021

Tuesday https://youtu.be/MubjkD_S1i8 As I took the photos in the video this morning hummingbirds were buzzing right by my head. As I stood less than 6 inches from a feeder two hummers sat and ate right…

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October Fourth, 2021

Monday https://youtu.be/zPmWhAYhb2g Overnight a cool front blew through. It’s setting offshore now. And, while cooler, it’s not really cool. The morning temperature is right at 70°. And the forecast high for the day is in…

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October First, 2021

Friday https://youtu.be/AAdTZJN8eto Today is wet! Yesterday we had a heavy midday thunderstorm that dropped quite a bit of water. Overnight more thunderstorms move through the area. Today is just wet! The yard is full of…

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Thirty September, 2021

Thursday https://youtu.be/KXa99_c6-Ww It was 75°, when I walked out this morning onto the darkened back porch. The humidity was high settling like a blanket over the world. Once the sun began to brighten the neighborhood,…

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Twenty-eight September, 2021

Tuesday https://youtu.be/GBHFlEXVJMs After I woke grandkid number one this morning, I stepped out on the back porch into what felt like a return to summer… The temperature was above 75°, and the humidity was pushing…

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Twenty-seven September, 2021

Monday https://youtu.be/5x1oeaCA6V4 Our preview of fall is winding down. The low this morning is back above 70… And there it will stay all week. The prognosticators are foretelling of scattered showers all week to boot….

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Twenty-four September, 2021

Friday https://youtu.be/mazVlMjIDVc A person could get used to mornings starting out in the ’50s. It’s another gorgeous day on the back porch. Fall like temperatures and low humidity. What could be better for starting the…

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Twenty-three September, 2021

Thursday https://youtu.be/BRW_W3SA7H8 After a breezy Wednesday, Thursday was cool, still, and clear. The temperature this morning when I walked out on the back porch was 58°. The humidity wasn’t even felt. Photographs was heavy with…

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Twenty-one September, 2021

Tuesday https://youtu.be/TDMa23kaw54 I find myself needing to run this morning … So, the video is it for today. Y’all stay safe, stay healthy, and pray for the nation and the world… Catch y’all on the…

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Twenty September, 2021

Monday https://youtu.be/86W2GOTVkfc We’re just waiting for the weather to change… Me and the hummingbirds… There are dozens swarming around the feeders front and back. They and I are waiting for the cold front the prognosticators…

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Saturday Afternoon on the Back Porch

https://youtu.be/VSdC3K9p7Cw I was playing with the GoPro yesterday afternoon watching the swarms of Hummingbirds attack my feeders and each other. It took awhile to put together the video and upload it to YouTube,

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