Front porch conversations, grampa tales, natural and unatural history and other musings from the Blue Ridge Mountains of SW Virginia
This morning, an audio visit to Goose Creek. The occasion: robin and tanager calling alternately–until I fetched the mic. So here’s a clip of American Robin, Scarlet Tanager, and Wren (Carolina I think) mixing it up, Â with the burble of Goose Creek in the background. I will make my own mix tape of bird and … Read more
The the best-laid ones, well, you know. They don’t always follow the script. I had plans for another post topic this morning (yes a rare-these-days premeditated bit) but was overcome by events. Again. And in the process of doing the first thing so that the second could happen, I found one of not many audio … Read more
…and it is not “nevermore” but so much more. They have quite a lot to say. [su_box title=”Got Ravens?” style=”soft” box_color=”#e8d3a9″ title_color=”#235529″]QUESTION: Are you hearing ravens where you live? I’m especially interested to know about other places in Floyd County where these birds may be year-round residences. [/su_box] Their call is the distant throaty croaking … Read more
I find myself, once again, staring out the window by my desk, my eyes falling more often than not on the “New Road” that rises out of the pasture just past the barn. We (and especially SHE) follow that path countless times in a week (and SHE in a single day) as a form of … Read more
Image by fred1st via Flickr It isn’t easy in these days of SOLs to stimulate the creative energies of school children. But it does happen. This essay, broadcast at WVTF in April 2010, describes three opportunities I had in 2009 to see school kids encouraged and supported by their teachers to operate outside rote learning … Read more
