Today, we took a drive along the Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park, enjoyed the fall foliage, took a couple of short hikes, and ende...

I really hope that in Heaven, everyone gets October off from work. It is too nice a month to be chained to a desk, going to meetings, having...

Oh, the best laid plans! Last June, my friend Doug called and said “Hey, want to go to the James Madison – Villanova game on October 17?” Do...

I stopped and scrutinized the brown object on the ground about 100 meters from me, using my just naked eyes. Well, technically speaking, I u...

My second hike of the day was a very short one mile walk on a couple of nature trails in Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge. These trails inv...

Today, I did three separate short hikes in Back Bay National Wildlife refuge, for a total of about 10 miles of hiking. I will write about th...

Alone on a beach at dawn am I With the splendor of Mother Earth While many in their beds still lie I watch the new day’s birth Alone on a be...

This morning, I developed a pesky migraine headache and even though the weather cleared later into a lovely day, I did not feel well enough ...

Just years after the founding of the Jamestown Settlement, the English founded the Henricus Settlement further up the James River. This week...