The Autumnal Equinox
A Surprisingly Good Jazz Trio I’m home again for the weekend, and the suppressive heat and humidity are finally gone. If only it could stay just like this for a…
Natural Bridge, Virginia
Natural Bridge, Virginia – a 150 year old tourist trap! Given this creative slump that I am in, I thought it best to get outside and back to nature, as…
Lazy Weekend Two
Fans (overwhelmingly female) in awe at their Korean film stars at Pusan International Film Festival in 2006 Another wasted weekend with the high point watching the Packers lose (in a really…
Dreaming Forward
Gaeta, Italy 2008 - I took too much for granted while in Italy for nine months! It was another lazy weekend that slipped by too fast. I think that I…
An Afternoon at Blacksburg Farmers Market
Sometimes it’s great to have a weekend with nothing planned and all the “stuff” that we feel compelled to do can wait until Monday. Better still - have such a…
The Long Space between the Life and Death of a Building in Appalachia
Buildings here in Appalachia never seem to disappear I discovered something this weekend – I am not really living in the Blue Ridge Mountain Area. I drive through it when…
Steppin’ Out – a Redneck Disappointment
This girl was hot with her mini-hula-hoop - just look at the guy drooling over her! Steppin' Out is the last big summer event for the locals before the hoards…
Hello Hero!
The go everywhere camera that shoots hi-def everything in so many formats that I am confused! So, long story short – some hippy surfer dude sells beaded belts to finance…