So it’s been close on eight months since we lost Arthur. Things are very different without him. For me this is an up and down journey, I have the joy of happy memories when I go places that he and I enjoyed, and the deep depression that sinks in when I realize that I will never do those Read More
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Wildflowers
Whilst walking on a pleasant Sunday afternoon in the area of the Big Slackwater Restoration, many beautiful wildflowers were in bloom. This is in the area of Dam #4 to McMahons Mill where the C&O Canal enters the Potomac River to avoid the cost of removing enough cliff side stone to build the Read More
A Short History of the C&O Canal National Historic Park
I thought it might be informative to write a short history to help understand the significance of this place to history, as we are getting support for the 186 Mile Project from folks that are far enough away to not have much experience of this treasure of a National Park. The Potomac River Read More
A Mother’s Day Gift
I got an amazing Mother's Day gift today. My daughter Alex, Arthur's big sister, sent me a beautiful message that she wrote herself talking about the ways that I had influenced her life and how she felt. It moved me to tears and made me feel proud of the way I had raised her. For all those Read More
A Tale of a Bowling Ball Gone Feral
If you have managed to read this far in these electronic scribblings, you probably have a grasp of the sense of humor that Arthur and I shared, often irreverent, quite imaginative, and usually going on for far too long. Sometimes these ideas and stories would go on for months, one of our epics was Read More
The Box Turtle Walk
Since I need to train to get in shape to do the entire C&O Canal in five or six months I have been walking with a full pack, at about thirty-five pounds, as much and as far as possible. I’m also using this as an opportunity to practice and learn how I want the photography for the book to appear. Read More