For Mission, with Love

From my journal, Thanksgiving day

I sit here staring.. 

It's lonely here on this porch of the empty domestic violence shelter at the edge of this small town.

I said good bye to you yesterday in the parking lot  You were screaming and whining as I… Read full post »

 White fog hung down low hugging the river valley reaching upwards towards the mountaintops.Vast deep china blue sky cradled the new autumn colors peeping from the giant hardwoods. Cool wind licked my bare ankles walking across the church parking lot.Deep breaths of fresh air swelled my lungs as… Read full post »

Sunrise at early thirty

Mallard ducks race away from Mission's barking

Sunbeams and the bridge in B$W

Last of summer's roses

Closeup of the drainage from the dam in B&W

Daylilies

 Sign reads: Sorry, n… Read full post »

 jus’ a-head

thar’s a-curve

I cain’t see thar’

doan’t kno' weir&… Read full post »

I went for a short swim today. Water was cold and higher than in this picture I took last weekend from a similar trip.

I would be willing to fill up this post with photos of these wonderful mountains I love so much, but the last time I tried… Read full post »

It is hard to listen to the world
when you are listening for a butterflies hum
it is hard to listen to the world
when so much is going on

it is hard to listen to the world
when you are listening as best you can
wondering who is near
when so much is going on

listening for… Read full post »

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This house was sitting on a hill and empty. I always wonder where the people went.....

'HillyBilly Heaven' looking over the French Broad River...

Downtown Marshall shrouded in fog.

 The church by Ivy Creek.

The home… Read full post »

 I titled this Steam Rise.

The warm water pours over the small power dam upstream from Marshall. This is my view from above the B&B where I board.

 The day was clear and cool.

 This isolated farm house looked inviting.

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The guys in front of this old store told me it was last open as a store in the late sixties. They were in a deep discussion on the weather...

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Looking through the window of an antique store. A mix of old and new...

Marshall looks like the… Read full post »

This is my view today from this hill. One person already remarked this place looks like the north pole and Santa's wonderland. After all the snow of this winter I have remarked my self as to how this part is supposed to be some part of the South. I would… Read full post »

Let's start at the local store/restaurant/bar/watering hole. Prices are reasonable when you consider walking is easy.

Of course, I have to consider this face goes with me everywhere.

This Greek Revival county courthouse backs right into the mountain side.

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Long nights go dreary

American beauty

baubles for comfort

yet so often teary

reaching for sanity

searching for what

surrounded by baubles

missing what's not

Manhattan Island

cost far more

Best of the best

sold for so less

rivers all filthy

brown land everywhere

air is a… Read full post »

My generation

Boomers they're called

Started out bringing change

spreading love and peace

throughout the land

Understanding for all

Protesting a war

It's right don't ya know

A path full with pitfalls

decorated with greed

On they went, marchers all

Shouting out mantras

Hand in hand

Dreams they had ma… Read full post »

jagged shards of memory

scarred buried dreams

slivered bits dug from deep

anger well composted

ready for new seed

fertile ground...... Read full post »

Memories of when my car was new come to mind here. Memories of running, playing in Purple Vetch and Clover covered pastures chasing the winds. Laying still and watching the rabbits play. Birds calling. Blue skies and white fluffy clouds floating over.

I was always a small thing. I… Read full post »

I separate my mind and body

each moment every day

meditate each morning

new age music I do play

stretch this aching body

hope to stop the pain

for wolf bites bring no pleasure

only more more more pain

peace oh peace please find me

let these tears dry on… Read full post »

Today the new jobless news came out, and it is good news.

Seasonally adjusted new claims for the four week average fell to 418,000 this week. Yeah, the patient is still bleeding to death but it has slowed to a trickle.

The news was so good that the stock index… Read full post »

'Tis strange and wonderful being back in the mountains, and the recently departed sunny warm weather here has made for some good viewing of all the local wildlife.

I spent some time just doing so earlier in the week.

Here are some musings on critter watching (wildlife, for the uninformed out… Read full post »

A new baby doll

Real hair

With a brush and comb

Pink clothes

Not this old one

I have had so long

Found in an attic box

She can't see

With the paint rubbed off

Her eyes

She has no clothes

I wrap her with rags

A new baby… Read full post »

Having lupus is not fun.

It is not an easy ride for me. I have had it for too damn long. 25 years and counting.

I am tired of it.

My body is tired of it.

I think of little red ants eating away. They eat my body. I try… Read full post »