The Bush Administration Drops The F-Bomb on Appalachia

It’s not straight from the VP’s mouth, but it’s straight from his policy book. Energy companies rule and all you folks living in the neighborhood can “just go f— yourselves” to quote on Administration Official.

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Daylight’s end on Back-to-Work Monday….

As the sun sinks slowly behind the trees to the west the heat of the day begins to approach the lowly mid-eighties. Mid summer on the Texas Gulf Coast is

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It’s eyes on the horizon time in SE Texas…

It looks like it’s time to keep an eye on the tropics if you live in this part of the world. Hurricane Dean has reached category 4 and he’s still

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Wednesday – The end of week +2

Today’s emails contained this week’s copy of the “Weeknight Kitchen Newsletter” from The Splendid Table. I’ve been listening to Lynne Rossetto Kasper on the Splendid Table Podcast for a while

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Sunday Morning, 5th of August, Twenty O’Seven

This morning Garrison informs us of a birthday… It’s the birthday of Wendell Berry born in Port Royal, Kentucky (1934). He grew up on farmland that had belonged to his

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Musing my way through a mid summer Friday.

The bridge collapse in Minneapolis hadn’t really impinged upon my conscious as I don’t spend a lot of time on the TV. I have only seen passing references to the

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