Copyright 2003 by Cedric Williams It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. Mostly it was the best of times. Until the goats revolted. Then it was the worst of times. Our itelligence was flawed. Mankind, as a whole, believed that … Continue reading Rise and Fall of the Goats (part one)
If ya ain’t noticed yet…I like old buildings. So, when I heard that downtown Asheville, NC has a nice selection of old-school architecture, I had to check it out for myself. But I didn’t just go all willy-nilly. First, I did some web searchin’ and … Continue reading Asheville, North Carolina, part one (March 2018)
During my recent attempt at photographing sandhill cranes, I realized the time has come to invest in a more powerful zoom lens. I have intended to buy one for almost as long as I’ve owned the camera, which has been over 10 years now. The … Continue reading Opinions on Photographic Equipment
O Happy Day! Today’s ThrowBack Thursday (TBT), like some other recent TBTs, is an amalgam of photos from three different trips. And what sort o’ trips might these be? Well, this sort: (1) the southern Virginia portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway, (2) The Known … Continue reading More TBT Hodgepodgery
I’ve been experiencing some weirdness with my Parkinson’s symptoms lately. I still experience anxiety and fatigue as each dose of levodopa wears off, and it still takes about half an hour for each dose to take effect. But there are two exceptions that I am … Continue reading Interesting Change in Symptoms
Bear’s butt sucks. I’ve been telling myself I’m going to take my dog (Bear) in for grooming soon. Unfortunately, I believed myself. Why is this unfortunate? Because: I keep thinking there’s no point in me brushing him, since he’ll be getting the full grooming treatment … Continue reading Grooming a Great Pyrenees
A long time ago, in a state far, far away (i.e., Colorado in the early 2000’s), I went driving west of Silver Plume to see if I could find any vestiges of the old silver / gold mining days along Silver Valley Road. This road … Continue reading Overpass to Nowhere (October 4, 2022)
On 25 June 2017, I and a niece set out for a hike up Table Rock Mountain. A few days earlier, I had used one of the many web-based map services to get directions to the trailhead, then wrote down the directions. These hand-written directions … Continue reading The Unknown Hike (June 2017)
As I typewrite this, it is a very special time of day: that time between when I take my first pills of the day and the time when those pills actually start to work. A half hour of feeling weak, lethargic, and mildly anxious, but … Continue reading A Special Time of Day
Greetings and possibly salutations! (I’m not exactly sure what salutations are, so I don’t know whether they are appropriate at this stage of our relationship.) Welcome to this week’s ThrowBack Thursday! This week’s episode is a hodgepodge of photos from three day trips. Let us … Continue reading North Carolina Hodgepodge
