On cold winter days lit with bright sunshine I like to take long walks in the bare-branched woods of our… Read more Continue reading Trilliums

Limbs are a by-product of orchards and brush piles, a by-product of limbs. All three have their advantages. Orchards and… Read more Continue reading Filling The Gaps

The last time I saw Drivin N’ Cryin play live was at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta on the day… Read more Continue reading Catch The Wind

I recently read an article which proposed to list the greatest tools in the history of the world. There was… Read more Continue reading Pocket Knives

During years in which the pecan trees bear heavy loads, the nuts grow large in size and weight until gravity… Read more Continue reading Hauling Wagons

Long before the longleaf pine, long before the wiregrass, before the bobwhite quail, or the sea of cotton, the shoreline… Read more Continue reading The Gnat Line

It’s mid-September. The shucks of the earliest maturing pecan variety—‘Pawnee’—are beginning to open. I’ve monitored the nut’s maturity closely since… Read more Continue reading Crows

There’s an old road that parallels the Flint River at the north end of Lake Blackshear among the fields, pines,… Read more Continue reading The Cabin Road

Well, the Moreland, Georgia Annual 4th of July Barbeque is all but dead, confirming once and for all that the… Read more Continue reading The Barbeque

As I sat in the back seat of the Buick Century, I couldn’t help but notice the odor. I discretely… Read more Continue reading Riding With Wendell