Til the Last Hemlock Dies

I spent the day wandering around the Mount Mitchell/Linville Gorge today. More later. Selfie at Setrock Creek Falls at the Black Mounta...

Here's an old digital photo I took from way back. November 30, 2008. I shot it with my first digital camera. I think it was 4 megapixe...

When I was a kid in the deep South of the USA, the most wonderful thing that I would see were the infrequent snowfalls we'd get. So beau...

Alas, I've been neglecting the old blog of late. It was not intentional.  For a few years it was my intention to post here as often as...

Most of the past week I have spent just doing whatever I felt like doing. Today I went on a hike in Pisgah National Forest. Specifically I w...

Now that I'm retired, my recent experience with my part-time job has reminded me why I hated punching the clock so very, very, very much...

Some years back I wrote a zombie trilogy called THE COALITION .  They were three (of course) books covering the adventures of loner/libertar...

I figured I'd show this photo. Occasionally you luck out with timing when photographing wildlife. Mostly you miss the shot. But every no...

When I was taking the following photos I didn't actually realize that I was witnessing a predator catching and killing a tiny prey anima...

Well, I've spent the better part of the last few weeks putting several projects into print. One of the first things I've wanted to d...

Carole and I used to drive up to the mountains every year to buy a Christmas tree at a choose and cut tree farm. But we fell out of the trad...