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March 2025

March 15, 2025

When Spring Came, I Was Home

Spring came, and nobody could stop it. The winter seemed as if it would go...

March 01, 2025

In the Here and Now

Again and again, I try to write the way Northern Appalachia feels, here and...

February 2025

February 11, 2025

On a Bright Day

She approached me as I stood shivering by the car. "Ma'am, can you give me...

February 08, 2025

In the Gray Cloud

It started out with scrolling on my phone, catching up on local news. There...

February 04, 2025

Where Jesus Lives

It was the most anxious of days. There is so much to be anxious about....

February 01, 2025

Tell Them It Rained All Day

It rained all day. It rained, and I was relieved. It ought to be...

January 2025

January 30, 2025

Gonna Be A Hard Time

I opened my door at the end of the world. Everything is happening...

January 19, 2025

The Only Place

I drove out to the overlook at Fernwood State Forest, not feeling too well....

January 16, 2025

In the Forever Snow

We're having a snowy winter. We haven't had a snowy winter in at least...

January 06, 2025

An Appalachian Epiphany

It was a difficult night. Things have been a bit easier. I will never not...

December 2024

December 26, 2024

Everything Good Comes out of Nazareth

The first two days of winter were brilliant, and then they weren't anymore. The...

December 23, 2024

O Oriens, O Dawn

The winter solstice dawned bright and cold. I woke up on the darkest day of...

December 18, 2024

A Good Advent

I think it's been a good Advent. There's little to write about my life just...

December 14, 2024

All is Bright

Winter is a bleak time, but did you know it's also lavish? We are...

December 12, 2024

O Precious the Snow

Winter is not astronomical, as many have observed before me. It's not to do with...

December 07, 2024

Theophany at Jefferson Lake

I went down to Jefferson Lake, to see the ice. We've had two very...

November 2024

November 27, 2024

On a Helpless Day

On Monday morning, I took the Lady of LaBelle to get her weekly food...

November 20, 2024

At the Falling of the Stars

I dreamed the stars were falling. I've been exhausted for days. Jimmy's boy and...

November 17, 2024

A November Pilgrimage

I woke up terrified, and sad. I have been learning to be happy for nearly...

November 14, 2024

The Last Sunflower

On a chilly mid-November afternoon, I went outside to turn over the compost heap. I...

November 09, 2024

And You the Branches

I haven't been in the best shape, the past few days. I can't imagine...

October 2024

October 30, 2024

The Mandrake

I was ripping out the last of the tomato cages, when the shrieks began....

October 28, 2024

A Good Autumn

Jimmy's boy came by again. He's been coming every day now-- sometimes with the...

October 23, 2024

A Cat Named Disaster

Someone left the lid off the sandbox again. The Artful Dodger has at least...

October 18, 2024

Confession at Shafer’s Rock

I went to the Wildflower Reserve, to see how the world was going...

October 17, 2024

That We Might See

I wanted to see the comet. I heard about the once-in-a-lifetime appearance of Comet...

October 10, 2024

The Other Half Gold

On the last day of my thirties, I woke early. I got into respectable clothes...

October 09, 2024

All is Dying, All is Returning to Life

There was a shirt lodged in the chimney. It wasn't one of our shirts....

October 05, 2024

Honey and Brown Sugar

Autumn has a smell before it has a look. When the trees are still...

September 2024

September 30, 2024

A Little More Serendipity

How do you get rid of Serendipity? I'm not asking some kind of philosophical...