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!
Seventeen September, 2021
Friday https://youtu.be/fEsSix79zyk After I wake up my granddaughter at 6:00 a.m. I usually step out onto the dark back porch to get a feel for the day. A lot of mornings if I look up…
Sixteen September,2021
Thursday https://youtu.be/zChfJFlM3J8 When I walked out on the back porch at 6:00 a.m. there were stars shining in the sky. By 7:00 a.m. clouds had covered the entirety of the dome. The temperatures are still…
Fifteen September, 2021
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/Wg5xb1tCa_0
Fourteen September, 2021
Tuesday, After Hurricane Nicholas https://youtu.be/RoF5aQIG_ck Hurricane Nicholas made landfall at 12:30 am Tuesday on the eastern part of Matagorda Peninsula, about 10 miles west of the small city of Sargent. It had maximum winds of…
Thirteen September, 2021
Monday https://youtu.be/c4ztBxxPtAA It’s a wet, almost stormy morning to start this week. Way down south in the Gulf is tropical storm Nicholas. The prognosticators are saying TS Nick will come ashore sometime today south of…
Twelve September, 2021
Sunday Sunset https://youtu.be/E5iOoXnsB-o Tropical Storm Nicholas has layered in clouds that came to life after the sun set…
Eleven September, 20 21
Saturday, 9/11 https://youtu.be/QZgOoG-vLPg This morning I’m out on the back porch enjoying unseasonably nice fall weather. The morning temperature was 64° when I walked out. The humidity is a livable 84%. In the hour I’ve…
Ten September, 2021
Friday https://youtu.be/f5qwTaOLAo0 There’s a pleasure in visiting the outdoors when both the temperature and the humidity meet in the lower 70s. And this morning I reaped the benefits of that pleasure when the temperature was…
Nine September, 2021
Thursday https://youtu.be/_471EK9YNqs Stepping out on the front porch this morning was one of those “Oh wow” moments. The temperature was a pleasant 69°. The humidity was a mehh… 93%. But, still it felt extremely pleasant….
Eight September, 2021
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/nFUMp0YgTO0
Seven September, 2021
Tuesday https://youtu.be/C12iyMzql2o There’s been a real change in the feeling of the world today… But it’s only the weather. And though the humidity is at 97%, with the temperature at 72°. It feels like fall…
Six September, 2021
Monday, Labor Day https://youtu.be/z8QJmdAeP3I Walking out on the back porch this morning it felt cooler. Though, truth be told at 78°, it’s been cooler of a morning. But then I pulled up the humidity… And…
Three September, 2021
Friday https://youtu.be/tI6tGQ0XbFg I walked out on the back porch this morning in the pre-dawn dark with stars shining overhead and lightning flashing to the south. Thunderstorms offshore, headed our way. The temperature in the upper…
Two September, 2021
Thursday https://youtu.be/ldw7w2wTBrA Stepping out on the back porch this morning after waking grandchild number one, it was 79° with a humidity of 97%… Summer is still hanging around. Now I sit here on the front…
One September, 2021
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/kfAkZVAVUBg
August the 31st, 2021
Tuesday https://youtu.be/b8ctGQR0tho Stepping out on the back porch this morning before first light it felt like I thought it should feel on a warm and humid last day of August. The temperature was 79°, cooler…
August the 30th, 2021
Monday https://youtu.be/KfH_snpm05A Last evening I sat out and watched the sun go down while I let the GoPro run. This morning I played with the resulting video as the grandkids got ready for school. I…
August the 29th, 2021
Sunday I don’t have much to say today. And I’ll let the image above say most of it. Stay safe out there, protect your family and your pets.
August the 28th, 2021
Saturday Hurricane Ida I wasn’t going to post anything this morning because I slept in… Then I saw this animation of Ida on Windy.com. I started playing with the video recorder and then tried outputting…
August the 27th, 2021
Friday https://youtu.be/ai9yfQc-S9A Last night about midnight Mother Nature put on another light and sound show. When I woke up this morning a light rain was still falling. And though the temperature was nicely in the…
August the 26th, 2021
Thursday https://youtu.be/j99EFe07ZY8 When I walked out to the car this morning to run the kids to the end of the driveway for their buses the car wouldn’t start. It had been acting like the battery…
August the 25th, 2021
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/EGzYPUwWxiU
August 24th, 2021
Tuesday https://youtu.be/Bq5y3n-v8SQ The kids are on the buses. The first load of laundry is in the washer. I’m sitting on the front porch watching the workday traffic go by. It’s warm out right now, not…
August th 22nd, 2021
Sunday https://youtu.be/pjVwlHmwMd8 Walking out this morning was almost painful. The temperature was already 78 degrees and the humidity was 90%… Pretty much right where it should be for this time of year, but that doesn’t…
August the 21st, 2021
Saturday https://youtu.be/CSGocrLas_8 It’s another warm August day in SE Texas. No clouds in the sky, no rain in the forecast. And being a Saturday, the normal running around is required. Grocery stores, Post Office, and…
August the 20th, 2021
Friday Happy Birthday Mom https://youtu.be/C9xHpeDXuIw My mom turns 88 today… Happy Birthday Mom! I’m still playing with the Quik app from GoPro. I’m liking the ability to turn a series of photos (and videos) into…
August the 19th, 2021
Thursday https://youtu.be/mgg4t4UbXXs It’s the first day of school here. And both grandkids were not as hard to get up this morning as I expected. On this first day of school their mother is taking them….
August the 18th
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/SSPp3ynjC5c
August the 17th, 2021
Tuesday Well, the temperature at 74° is quite pleasant, the humidity at 97% is visible in the air as a haze. I’m letting the grandkids get one last day of summer sleep before I start…
August the 16th, 2021
https://youtu.be/9EEntShZ1T4 My wife woke me up early this morning because see smelted something foul and gaseous this morning when she stepped outside. After making sure it was not just a gas escape ay our house,…
A Little Video Play…
https://youtu.be/2rLqs9b-EGQ I was playing around with the video editing app for the GoPro and managed to put this together from shots and video in July…
August the 15th, 2021
Sunday It’s Sunday morning quiet on the back porch this a.m. . Even the birds are keeping it quiet this morning. The temperature is 75°. Unusual, really unusual, for this time of the calendar. Even…
Nanci
Nanci Griffith, a Grammy-winning singer and songwriter who kept one foot in folk and the other in country and was blessed with a soaring voice equally at home in both genres, died on Friday. She…
August the 13th, 2021
Friday the 13th This would be an auspicious day for my grandfather. He always claimed that 13 was his lucky number. It always seemed to be good for him. Let’s hope, it’s good for me…
August the 12th, 2021
Thursday I’m finding it a bit unusual for the morning temperatures to be below 80 at this time of the year. I’m not complaining, Lord knows I hate the heat. And the humidity is high…
August the 11th, 2021
Wordless Wednesday
Tuesday Sunset
The sounds of summer as the sun sets… Lawn mowers, swallows, chickens, train whistles, cicadas, hummingbirds.
August the 10th, 2021
Tuesday I was awakened by thunder in the distance. Once up the sun was out. It’s 80° outside, 93% humidity. Just another midsummer’s day. The tufted titmice are all over the feeders this morning. When…
August the 9th, 2021
Monday I was pulled from my slumber by the roar of lawn mowers in the yard. The lawn crew was busy at work early on this Monday morning. By the time they were done and…
August the 6th, 2021
Friday Well it’s Friday, another week gone by. The temperatures are moderate outside but the humidity is rising again. At least the humidity and the temperatures are low enough that the windows aren’t covered in…
August the 5th, 2021
Thursday For the first time in a long time the humidity is below 80% this morning. As a matter of fact The humidity and the temperature are both at 77. The front actually made it…
August the 4th, 2021
Wordless Wednesday
August the 3rd, 2021
Tuesday I woke up this morning when the power went off at 5:40 a.m. It appears but this particular outage was caused by traffic accident. And it’s affecting most of the town. The power grid…
August the 2nd, 2021
Monday I’m up early this morning, a preview of school mornings to come. The sun hasn’t broken the horizon yet. There’s a mist hanging over the ground. The humidity is high, the temperature not as…
August the 1st, 2021
Sunday We are 18 days away from the local schools reopening. And the numbers above are not good. And the Governor of Texas has ended mask mandates for any entity that receives state funding… Like…
The 31st of July, 2021
Saturday Just another morning in the heat of summer. Hot. Humid. Still. The final day in the months of July. Don’t have much to say this morning… So I’ll let you get on with your…
The 30th of July, 2021
Friday The deep dark blue of the southern sky almost makes up for the heat and humidity… Almost. It’s 83° this morning when I walk out, and the humidity is only 83%. But that extra…
The 29th of July, 2021
Thursday I had to walk the garbage bin out to the road this morning. It was quite warm and humid… To be expected this time of year. Makes me realize how spoiled we were for…
The 28th of July, 2021
Wordless Wednesday
The 27th of July, 2021
Tuesday, Laundry Day The clouds are back this morning, and it’s not quite 80°. Though the humidity is at 94%. It really doesn’t feel that pleasant out… But it could be worse. It looks like…
