Category Archives: nature

Photo Friday: Three Butterflies

Posted on September 18, 2020 by dbjackson

Butterfly season is winding down here in Tennessee. We may get a few fall species before the weather turns cold, but many of the summer regulars are gone now. We had a slow start to our butterfly watching, but in … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: A Planet In Its Death Throes

Posted on September 14, 2020 by dbjackson

Pray for the forest, pray to the tree, Pray for the fish in the deep blue sea. Pray for yourself and for God’s sake, Say one for me, Poor wretched unbeliever. — James Taylor, “Gaia,” from Hourglass This is what … Continue reading →

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Photo Friday: A Gift From Amarid

Posted on September 11, 2020 by dbjackson

As Jaryd and Alayna reached the bottom of the marble stairs and stepped onto the cobblestone street, people from the crowd approached them. The first to reach the pair was a young girl, accompanied by her mother, who stopped in … Continue reading →

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Photo Friday: Another Butterfly — Appalachian Brown

Posted on September 6, 2020 by dbjackson

Welcome to this week’s Photo Friday post. Early in the summer, Nancy and I lamented the lack of butterflies in her garden, at least relative to recent years. Well, no more. The past few weeks have been butterfly-rich, and I … Continue reading →

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Photo Friday: Late-Afternoon Vista, and a Message

Posted on August 28, 2020 by dbjackson

Last Friday, at the end of another week of work and screaming headlines, I spent my late afternoon, exploring our little college town, enjoying the golden light and ever-changing cloudscapes. As I’ve mentioned before, our town is perched atop the … Continue reading →

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Photo Friday: Sunset Among Friends

Posted on August 21, 2020 by dbjackson

Last weekend we had a socially-distanced get together with friends at the home of one of the couples. Their house, as it happens, sits right on the bluff in our little corner of the Cumberland Plateau, looking west and north … Continue reading →

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Photo Friday: Thinleaf Coneflower

Posted on August 14, 2020 by dbjackson

Happy Friday, all. Another week has drawn to a close — another spate of news, some of it maddening, some of it tragic, some of it uplifting. And another set of work tasks — editing, writing, revising, online convention panels. … Continue reading →

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Photo Friday: Silvery Checkerspot

Posted on August 2, 2020 by dbjackson

Another crazy week gone by, another month in the books for 2020: the year that lasted forever and yet somehow flew by. I honestly don’t understand what has happened to my sense of time. This butterfly has been hanging around … Continue reading →

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Photo Friday: Who Is That In the Cloud?

Posted on July 24, 2020 by dbjackson

Good morning! Another week is ending, which means it’s Photo Friday here at the blog. Today’s photo was taken during an early morning walk a week or so ago. I had only my phone with me, but the image came … Continue reading →

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Photo Friday: A Butterfly Fly-By

Posted on July 17, 2020 by dbjackson

Another hot, lazy summer week has sped by here on the Cumberland Plateau. Nancy’s garden is in full glory, though I’m sad to say that butterflies have been far less numerous this year than in years past. I’m not sure … Continue reading →

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