A Hum Tater Lecture
I was doing some internet research yesterday and ended up on the Georgia Organics web page. I checked the calendar just to see if there was anything interesting scheduled. A wild edibles lecture was...
The Coconut Adventure
While visiting a friend in Florida we saw a coconut palm with a ripe fruit (called a drupe). We were about to see Russ’ nieces in Disney World and thought they might get a...
My ‘Maters
I’ve been very pleased with my tomatoes this year. I haven’t actually been able to produce decent tomatoes in any kind of quantity until now. I haven’t, in the past few years, made the...
Apollo 11: Looking Back, and Forward
Today I find myself remembering a particular visit home to grandma’s house. My grandmother, Mimi, we called her lived in Evergreen, Alabama and we lived in Nederland,Texas, so it had been a long drive...
A Day Away, Space Shuttle Launch…manatees!
I went on my first tour with A Day Away Kayak Tours almost three years ago. It was the bioluminescent tour review here and it was wonderful. This time Russ was coming and the...
Canoeing the Hooch: An Elaborate Ruse
The time/money trade off is at the heart of the challenge in making it through a span of unemployment. There are things you would like to do, and there is time to do them...
A Garrison Keillor 4th of July
Celebrating the 4th of July with fireworks is a part of what makes every summer whole. Last year we went to the beach. This year we stayed close to home and started the day...
This Schoolhouse Rocks!
When I was in grade school I loved Schoolhouse Rocks’ “I’m Just a Bill up on Capitol Hill”. It had personal meaning for me because my father made it come alive. He was the...
Introducing New Author: John Fleming!
While we do accept submissions from a variety of sources, our newest author happens to be my father. Dad has been writing for my entire life, sometimes in a column titled The Hue and...