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 23rd, 2022
Sunday Rainy Day, Mar 2007 “Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet.” – Roger Miller. I was listening to this song when it made me think about the image above… https://youtu.be/ESQHWQoYygU
January 22nd, 2022
Saturday Coffee Muses, Sept 2007 It’s funny how an old fart like me can get set in his ways… For as long as I can remember my photo editing software foe most things has been…
January 21st, 2022
Friday Surfside Beach, 2006 I can’t think of anything I need to say today… So just relax… https://youtu.be/fLo3lEYeF18
January 20th, 2022
Thursday Galveston Bay, Ferry Crossing 2006 – Gary Boyd Just as it takes a mix of clouds and light To turn the seas to silver, It’s the mix of our life experiences — Dark and…
January 19th, 2022
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/FYNr3hKGSYQ
January 18th, 2022
Tuesday https://youtu.be/M8wuTlvw-5E On this morning of a more moderate temperature, clouds are again part of the day’s equation. Before dawn the full-ish moon was backlighting a generous scattering of cotton ball like clouds. The really…
Pecan Tree and Winter Sky
https://youtu.be/qk_2kbnetXI Pecan Tree and Winter Sky I pulled into the driveway this January afternoon and the blue of the sky… with bare branches silhouetted demanded a moment… reflection… Pease.
January 17th, 2022
Monday https://youtu.be/qBb_XFutqjo Think of that surge of joy we feel, Upon seeing the magnificence Of which the sky is capable, As a sort of call and response: An echo and reminder Of the magnificent possibilities…
January 16th, 2022
Sunday https://youtu.be/YMlda_aPA1g Eliza Carthy I’m spending a lot of time in my music library these days. As songs process through the que I find myself wondering where I acquired them… Even what path led me…
January 15th, 2022
Saturday https://youtu.be/CvglW3KNSsQ Years ago… Actually it was more like three decades ago… When I first moved from the warehouse floor into the front offices, I had an old stereo I brought in from the house…
January 14th,
Friday https://youtu.be/7GSQKo-HTKU This morning dawned clear and cool… again. The day is sunny and destined to rise into the mid 70’s. Just another ride on the rollercoaster that is SE Texas weather. Tomorrow’s high is…
January 13th, 2022
Thursday https://youtu.be/AEmrTMiWfPA I live in my own mind Ain’t nothin but a good time No rain just the sunshine Out here in my own mind I live where I can breathe Ain’t nothin but a…
January 12th, 2022
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/o6OJTTpoEWY https://youtu.be/rf94uTBQucI
January 11th, 2022
Tuesday https://youtu.be/0VUThB3YTXA It’s quite chill out this morning. Not Minnesota cold, just Texas chill. It goes well with the chili and beans I put together for supper last night. Leftovers will be had for lunch….
January 10th, 2022
Monday https://youtu.be/TogpMApAscE Once again from summer to not… What a way to run a climate! This morning as the sun comes up the temperature is still dropping… so much so, that the sun is well…
January 7th, 2022
Friday https://youtu.be/-DpqI0wuFQU For once it actually feels like it looks outside. The temperature is down around 40 degrees, the sky is totally overcast, and the wind chimes are singing a blustery song. It’s a morning…
January 6th, 2022
Thursday – Insurrection Day – 1st Anniversary https://youtu.be/3wNEMKjwftU It’s another warm and foggy “winter” morning… I wandered out while the video was rendering and uploading and met my new neighbor. He seems like a nice…
January 5th, 2022
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/HAm-wSQCuBw https://youtu.be/9RYy_8u4blk
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Friday, Dec 3, 2021
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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,…
Wednesday, Dec 1, 2021
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/Mb-zNwaEx0U
Nov 24th, 2021
Wordless Wednesday https://sculpttheworld.smugmug.com/Stone/i-JjK6TrT/A https://sculpttheworld.smugmug.com/Stone/i-MTLSLHk/A
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…
Nov 19th, 2021
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Nov 16th, 2021
Tuesday
Nov 15th, 2021
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Nov 10th, 2021
Wednesday
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Nov 3rd, 2021
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/jnWIkS9KGQ4
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
October Twentieth, 2021
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/sXCNlfhjH18
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…
October Fourteenth, 2021
Thursday https://youtu.be/sYvIjRDvqCQ Busy today so all I have is the video… Have a great day!
October Thirteenth, 2021
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/JKxWgXxBM3A
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…
October Eleventh, 2021
Monday – Indigenous Peoples Day https://youtu.be/47lYTHu0cmo
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…
