From the Mountains above the Applegate River

      At the coast not too long ago, I watched, mesmerized, as waves pounded through a hole in ocean rocks with an irregular, asymmetrical ...

      One of the items for my 75x75 project (75 things of 75 repetitions each for my 75th year; see thingstodoinmy75thyear.blogspot.com) was...

      When I was having lunch with my siblings in Dahlonega, Georgia, last October (see previous post), I started reminiscing about being a...

      After our parents' deaths in 2005 and 2006, my siblings and I promised we would try to get together every year. This year the opp...

      When I talk to my East Coast friends, from Boston to Atlanta, they lament the lack of color in their trees this autumn. To boost thei...

       This is. The most. Beautiful autumn.      I couldn't wait to get on the Cameron Meadows trail this fall. I have hiked it often...

      I screamed the whole long, extended, slow-motion moment before my Toyota Yaris hit the BMW SUV that pulled out in front of it.     ...