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!
Deja Vue… Over and over again
https://youtu.be/HbP8HGxrgo8?si=t1Pg0QXeG2wZJpuO
Deja Vue All Over Again
https://youtu.be/YdVMGKOFIwY?si=q_dWpL4eXm4GmGK0
Sunday Evening Grilling
The sun is below the horizon, the cicadas are are humming, hamburgers are sizzling on the grill… And it’s very warm out. The temperature right now is 82°. And just like that, I have broken…
It’s a cool, breezy morning.
Spring is back…
It’s February 12th and as the sun rises it’s 70°…
Just Another Foggy Start…
The fog really emphasized the damage my hundred year old trees ended up with from Beryl last summer. The past two decades have seen the once awesome canopy over my front yard shredded. From Ike…
Foggy
It’s funny… When the morning temperature is warmer than yesterday at this time but the forecast is calling for the day to be cooler…
This Is Winter?
Here I sit, on my front porch, waiting for the first bus, And I find myself thinking this would be the perfect morning,,, for a June or July! But here we are in the first…
Music for a Sunday Morning
https://youtu.be/E3TakNOQ4VA?si=nkS9lCzx45uVa8FP&t=56
A Cold Winter’s Sunrise
It’s between bus runs. With just patches of snow still showing, the windshield was covered in ice this morning. The temperature is only 32°.
Going… Going… Almost Gone!
And The Snow Lingers
I never thought I would see the day that the satellite image would be showing snow cover in SE Texas…
Muses on the Nature of a Snowfall…
It’s early afternoon and I have discovered that seeing a solid field of bright white on the ground outside my windows is a strangely unnerving sight. It’s contrary to anything I’ve really experienced. I’ve never…
Winter Storm — Snow
https://youtu.be/Z2HdqIHOJpk Not quite what the forecasters were predicting, but… more than we are used to!
Texas Weather
At least our run-up to the deep freeze next week is being led off by a string of colorful sunrises. Looking at the 10 day forecast this morning has a greater than even chance of……
Another January Sunrise
I woke up this morning to 38° on the phone. All of the weather forecasters are teasing about the possibility of snow early next week… We’ll see.
Fourteenth of January, Sunrise
TGIF
Catching the early bus on the first friday of the 2025 school year after the first “Winter” storm of the New Year… Do you have any idea how hard it is to get a high…
Only in Texas!
Words cannot express a more divergent forecast of extremes.
New Year’s Eve….
Only on the Texas Gulf Coast is New Year’s Eve. Feel like early summer…. I’m firing up the grill to smoke a pork roast for our New Year’s dinner. The ceiling fans are on because…
Once more… Thunder and Lightning
The stockings are unhung,The wreath is down from the door,Decorations have been removed from the treeand wrapped for another year’s hibernation in the attic And once again, in anticipation of the New Year, Thunder and…
It’s the day after Christmas…
And all through the house thunder is boomingWhile children sleep after overindulging on the day itself,Up on the housetop the sound of rain and hail can be heard…Luckily, Saint Nick has made it home from…
Merry Texas Christmas You All!
Merry Christmas from Texas Y’all https://youtu.be/DWaS1rBC3QY?si=Kf3lBYVKU9T1l6Kt This was first recorded by Ernest Tubb in 1952. One of my father’s favorite country artists, who I grew up hearing around our home… I really like this version…
Gone with the wind…
And this is why we call it fall.
A preview of a White Christmas?
At least a SE Texas white Christmas…
Fall sunrise
December 16, 2024
It’s hot on our south facing back porch…
Still hanging on…
As the sun sets in the too warm December evening…
It’s a race…
Between the winds and full color.
Once the winds return…
Fall color will be gone before it really arrived.
Fall Color… Finally
At least it’s started…
Waiting for the bus…
On a cool fall morning.
Ahhh… Fall
Rainy days and Mondays
Really? 49°?
Finally… Fall…
A foggy Veterans Day sunrise..
And it actually feels like autumn!
Back when elections were fun(?)…
https://youtu.be/6tkUcCqyVWo?si=63U5BDVcWp-wUCB1
A chance of rain?
Waiting for Fall to Return…
Mid-month Friday Morning and it Feels Like Fall
18 October 2024
End of the Week Sunrise
Fall Sun on Leaves
The view from my chair…
Texas Politics…
Texas Monthly Today Pretty much matches National Politics. Indicted and convicted politicians suing anyone they disagree with. Oh… And happy birthday cuz…
It’s still summer…
Even though September is here, Summer’s hold on this part of the country is still tight?
Why are summers so long and hot?
I saw on the internets last night that temperature is in the Northeast 40s in places. That was on a day when my back porch temperature at 101°. First time that I’ve noticed this year……
Week 2 of the new school year …
And the fan on the floor is all that makes the morning even a little bit cool.
Electricity Was Coming
The crews lined out street for most of the day. Then this happened… So for the past two hours we’ve been looking at this… Maybe we’ll get power… Eventually…
Beryl
A very interesting morning. Our power has been out all day. I really don’t expect to see power for at least a day or two if not more. And my yard looks like it has…
The trees are putting on their summer finery
Mimosa blossoms Chaste tree blooms almost open With temperatures rising above 80° each day, the start of summer is definitely here.
It’s another overcast dawn.
According to the weather prognosticators, most of today will look just like it does right now. Though, our run of 70° temperatures has pretty much come to an end for a while… And those overnight…
