by admin | Dec 27, 2009 | Along the Journey, General
I sit here on this wintry-cold night in Virginia, mid-way between Christmas and the New Year, my mind reaches back to years past when this time of year meant soft sand and warm sunshine for me. You see, for many years running, I had the good fortune of spending the...
by admin | Dec 21, 2009 | Poetry
Smiling Moon Over East Coast (8:30 P.M. EST) December 22, 2009 Even the moon is happy this holiday season. Mayhaps it has to do with the fact that many people, like those from Whoville, don’t need all those material things but can find Christmas in their...
by admin | Dec 21, 2009 | Desert travel, General, Poetry
The Valley of Fire, some 35,300 acres, is Nevada’s largest state park, and derives its name from spectacular reddish marbled sandstone rock formations formed 150 million years ago by great shifting sand dunes during the age of dinosaurs. The Valley of Fire is a...
by admin | Dec 18, 2009 | Along the Journey, General
The good folks at Norfolk Botanical Garden have really outdone themselves this year. Someone with a less perceptive eye might say that the display hadn’t changed that much from past years but it really has and in one really wonderful way. New three dimensional...
by admin | Dec 3, 2009 | Poetry
with permission by my favorite Norfolk VA poet: (copyright) Kindra McDonald You do not bite a fig so much as kiss one. It melts tender on the tongue and makes you blush. How you lean into it, How you meet it from tree to hand to mouth, Plucked ripe, soft pregnant...
