Assured in advance by the region’s soggy-foggy reputation that I would face constant drizzling rain there, I bought the first modern rain-proof garment I’ve ever owned before my May trip to the Olympic Peninsula of Washington. But following the thread of waterproof garments as I comparison shopped for that red Goretex parka I finally purchased, I […]
Category Archives: Essay
Every Drought Ends with a Good Rain
This selection is from Slow Road Home, written in August 2002, a lament during one of the worst droughts in living memory for the old-timers who live in our part of Floyd County. Hundreds of wells went dry that year. We’ve never since seen the creek dry up completely. But it’s getting mighty low, and […]
Do Non-Human Beings Have Rights?
In the matter of the mistreatment of animals, there is almost universal condemnation. Such behavior is beyond the limits of what our species ought to do to a living thing. We consider it “inhumane” to torture, abandon or exploit our dogs or other domestic animals, even if those creatures are considered “private property” as Michael […]
If You Can’t Stand the Heat
This is the time of year when the early morning hours of browsing, answering emails, researching and blogging are supplanted (nice, seasonally-appropriate verb-pun) by yard and garden work before the sun crests the east ridge and the temps begin to become uncomfortable for hoeing, loading mulch, hauling brush and such. I don’t suffer heat very […]
The sound of one hand typing
We are back from St. Louis with the usual list of traveling mercies and horrors, and trying to catch up with the backside of our task lists. so I will take the easy way out, and post an essay I wrote back when I was bilaterally symmetrical in mid-March, for a Floyd press and Star […]