December 2024

The thousands of trees felled by Hurricane Helene left their giant trunks and branches on the ground across trails and roads and buildings all through North Carolina and Tennessee. In addition to all this firewood-to-be is each tree’s “root ball” – a collection of dirt and roots and rocks and even boulders that once held…

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I got to stare, in person, at two paintings by Claude Monet. I even tried to draw one. The art museum in Columbia, SC has an exhibit called “French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850 – 1950.” I visited it this week. I didn’t fully understand the theme behind the exhibit. I figure it was along…

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