My Henry made his way to Beckley, WV, yesterday morning. He and Ben and Carol from National Committee for the New River went to close on the largest ever conservation easement (1400 acres!) for NCNR, and our first in West Virginia. They made it back to beat the main part of the snowstorm, although they Read More
All the Words and Art Happenings Up in Here
SNOWSTORM!!!???!!!
December 17, 2009
What ho. Or maybe what "ho ho ho." We're looking at major snows, starting tomorrow, and running right up through Christmas Eve day.
I know, I should be worried about that fundraiser tomorrow night, the press releases, the maybe last-minute trip to WV for work, the family coming into town (probably not now). But Read More
I know, I should be worried about that fundraiser tomorrow night, the press releases, the maybe last-minute trip to WV for work, the family coming into town (probably not now). But Read More
Seeing Midnight
December 9, 2009
I'm not usually up at this hour. It's after midnight and normally I'd have been wracked out for a few hours by now. A crap cold and a medicinal paradox effect seem to be at work.
You'd think I could find a cheesy Christmas movie on cable this time of year/night, but I Read More
You'd think I could find a cheesy Christmas movie on cable this time of year/night, but I Read More
I'm Not Thankful for the Weather
December 1, 2009
Well, the Thanksgiving dinner was yummy, the company was nice and the digs were super-cool, but the weather was stinky. It was rainy, barely a few flakes of snow fell, Read More
Election Day
November 3, 2009
Today is my first official election day as a member of the Board of Elections for Ashe County here in NC. We have three town board contests, not hugely contested ones, and there's a small number of registered voters involved.
I spent the morning hanging out in the Board of Elections office - after Read More
I spent the morning hanging out in the Board of Elections office - after Read More
Oh, Happy Day
October 12, 2009
Just got back from the spine doc in Charlotte. Ironically, the major pain I have now is sitting. Of course I had to sit in the car for two hours on the way there, in the office, on the way back...
But, good news! Read More
But, good news! Read More
Check out my interview in The New River Voice
October 5, 2009
http://newrivervoice.com/archives/3262
Click on the address above to see my interview with Josh Weil about his new book "The New Valley." I ran across "The New Valley" in the NYT book section, bought it, really liked it, and emailed Josh (there being an obvious connection to my work at National Committee for the New River.) Read More
Click on the address above to see my interview with Josh Weil about his new book "The New Valley." I ran across "The New Valley" in the NYT book section, bought it, really liked it, and emailed Josh (there being an obvious connection to my work at National Committee for the New River.) Read More
I Did it
September 26, 2009
The reading went great last night. To start, I had an entourage of Henry, Sam, Anne Knight, Susan, Bill & Alex. They did a great job cheering me on. (You really find out who your friends are when you're moving, or when you're doing a reading at a bookstore.) And, I got to go first, Read More
Time to Take Off
September 25, 2009
We're running around this morning, in typical manic leave-taking fashion. Before 8 a.m. we'd already been to the county dump to empty the massive collection of recyclables that threatened to impede the door into the garage. I realized that we hadn't made that trip since before the New River Expedition. It was time for sure.
Today is the day. Think about me around 7:00 tonight, when I'll be standing up in front of strangers (good), friends and family (much scarier) to do my reading at Malaprops in Asheville. Read More
Today is the day. Think about me around 7:00 tonight, when I'll be standing up in front of strangers (good), friends and family (much scarier) to do my reading at Malaprops in Asheville. Read More
Big Time Friday Night
September 22, 2009
I'm slowly getting back into the outside world as I recover from my back injury. Sometimes I feel like it's a slow go, but this is actually only week five of the saga, and from all I've heard from others who have dealt with degenerative disc disease and disc ruptures, I've nothing to whine about.
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