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A year ago tonight we had a huge rain. I was at band rehearsal for church and the sanctuary started taking water so we ended early. On the way home I met a friend in Mars Hill for beers. Power went out at the restaurant and a few minutes later Allison called saying it was out

A year ago today I was fixing my driveway from rain the night before, digging some extra ditches to prepare for the heavy rains we were expecting from the hurricane headed our way. Before Helene, when the hurricane storms made their way up here, we'd get heavy rain for a couple

I submit for your perusal, one minute of chickens and chicks eating in the fog this morning

A year ago this morning when the storm finally died down and I walked down to the creek and the “road” Rewatching these videos after so long, I remember how bad it seemed. We lost a bunch of trees, and the road was washed away, but it wasn’t till we were able to leave or get

Creek times

I just saw this epic bit of glass blowing at Hearth Glass in Burnsville. Huge bubble. Wish I’d have captured more of the process but here hermit catches it and puts it in the annealer

We have been waking up to a teenage rooster’s sad trumpet crow. He and his girls have been overnighting in a giant hydrangea near our windows. This morning I went outside to shoo him off and i found Christopher the elder rooster down there crowing too. But why is Christopher

Started working on Card Whiz today. Replaced the bottom of the cabinet and tore down the topside. Diiiiirty

Grandpa walking a toddler on the sidewalk in front of my house. The boy is whining about something, saying "it's not fair" and grandpa replies, "LIFE IS FAIR" 25 years later, I'm still think about that whenever the concept of fairness comes up. It's a koan. I like it.

Swallowtail

Last week's "clean house vs dirty house" had me thinking about one of my favorite children's books: "Two Good Friends" by Judy Denton. In this lovely little story, Duck and Bear come to terms with their different values. Duck is the clean one, but he doesn't have anything to eat.

So much about noticing beauty is slowing down and letting yourself break away from your regularly scheduled program. I saw this butterfly from afar while I was in-between one thing and another and chose to go over and watch it for a few minutes. Could have kept walking & missed