This is a view of the main road through Rustburg in December 2013, before the start of the Christmas Parade. How quickly things can...

A photo of Broad Street in Altavista. I think I took this on a Sunday a couple of years ago. I was standing at the library looking down th...

Above and below, Chase Bird enjoying the sunshine on his fur on our enclosed back porch. Winter temps return this week. I’ve ...

This is Chase Bird sitting on my lap while we watched the Virginia/Virginia Tech basketball game Sunday. At one point, it looked like Virg...

The leaves are starting to pile up in the yard. Down and back. Shoulders down and back. That has been almost a mantra for me ov...

I’m back. I took an unplanned break from blogging last week after Monday’s post. I’ve had writer’s block lately. I have vague notions o...

Two weeks ago, on a Friday night into Saturday morning, I went on a ride along with a sheriff’s deputy. One of my beats for the newspaper...

This was my desk at the end of the workday Tuesday night. Tuesday is layout day at the newspaper. Here’s the basic process: I...

If you’ve read my blog posts this week, you know that it has been a very anxious time of late. But even during the bad times, we can stil...

A memoir in the making. I haven’t been doing a lot of my “own” writing lately. Most of the writing I’ve done is for the newspaper. ...

See the two red spots? Those are cardinals. That is about the best I can do with bird photos. I was sad to learn of the passing of ...

Note: I also shared this on my editing website, with a few changes, HERE . I wanted to share my experience with this extraordinary st...

A caterpillars' nest in a tree near my house. A walk outside, noticing the details of nature, is a balm to me. Until I started wo...

The trees in our neighborhood are leafing out in various shades of green. I’ve spent the last several days working on what I’m call...

I’m once again joining Random 5 Friday with Nancy of A Rural Journal . Check out her website for more bloggers joining in with their own ra...