Smokey Mountain Breakdown

Click here to read Rumor Control: Chapter 1 The one blessing about Friend Scott being gone is that I no longer am made privy to the silly go...

Hey! ...and thank you. I got a message on the answering machine from him that one of you guys sent him a gift card. He said, "Your bl...

A friend observed that the insects were going silent and the birds were gathering, talking in their little groups of leaving the mountains. ...

Everyone here in Cocke County, TN has their knickers in a twist about Outsiders Inn , CMT's new reality(which they define loosely as sta...

Appalachian Word of the Day: Mankiller They call them "Mankillers" here in the Appalachians. The sting is said to be nearly deadl...

Okay, I've fallen a bit behind. I had a wonderful day with Friend Scott, yesterday. People were civil and no fights erupted at the Hall...

Max running through the grass. I toldja the grass was high. It occurred to me I haven't shared a tidbit of Appalachian snake folklore I...

The moon is full and the color of a tangerine. Not sure what you'd call that. It's not really a blood moon, though I've heard ...

...things went decidedly southward. Finally. I caught Chops to shear him. It was a spur of the moment thing where I took a bit of feed out...

These incredibly stupid birds are a constant source of delight for me. I think I like them even more than the badass geese. And while the g...

It's a sad time of year for the giant moths. A Luna came beating against the screen the other night. I went out to look at her and she...

These are my favorite moths here. I took the picture of this one--I actually have many photos of them. It's the Tuliptree Silkmoth. I...

Peter Cole, my lovely editor from Issue 3 of Keyhole, left word that they mentioned me in conjunction with that issue of Keyhole on The Eme...

I haven't been posting because I've been cranking on a graphics project that I' trying to get out of the way so I can put my ful...

Getting sick of the jigsaw puzzles yet? Cause I love them! I can make my entire life into a jigsaw puzzle. Or perhaps that's what hap...

So, I'm back up, evidently. But I'm not happy. Blogger, in its infinite idiocy, knocked out a huge number of blogs today labeling th...

I'm so sorry I've missed such a block of posts. And I know I owe you a P & D. I just haven't felt like blogging much lately...

Aack! Bambi gots six legs! When I saw this, I thought it sounded oddly familiar--that's because a hunter bagged one with 7 legs in Wisc...