View from the Mountain Index
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Nineteen Years of Posts
My Theory of Soil
Grounded in Life
The New Art of Eating Well at Home
Rules of Engagement for Heat
Old Age - Not For Sissies
The Elusive Great Saturday Morning Breakfast
Tomatoes and Me
Last Mowing Revisited
Three channels were plenty
Beam me up Scotty, I am ready
Two Lessons From The Land
Do You Still Use a Serial Port to Connect to your Computer?
Drawn to Wilderness
Mowing Your Way Through Life
A New Router, Just What The Geek Ordered
How To Be A Sensible Streamer
The Quietest New Year
Christmas Traditions - The Chris Moose
Adding Fiber To Your Life
The Company of Cats
The Trails of Our Lives
Once There Was Only One Cat Beneath the Tree
Not Enough Wilderness to Save Us
Empty Promises
The Clean Oven Conundrum
The Five Shirt Day
The Shade Trees Are Still There, We Arent't
The The Ghost I Knew
Partners in Life and Cooking
Fall Chores
Empowering Technology
A Cathedral of Leaves
We Were Barn Builders Once
Turkey Tussles
Dirt On My Hands
The Mill Pond
If Silver Could Talk
The First Cold Day
Not The Last Farmer's Market
The First Snow
Finally A Backyard
Infinite Parental Wisdom
Streaming Is Like Self-Service Pumps
The Home Office Commute
Snap Shots of Our Lives
Real Freedom
The Epson ET-3760, No More Ink Cartridges For Me
The Disappearing Narrative of Our Lives
The Pressure Cooker of Our Lives
Almost Home Again
Our Pandemic Move, Lessons in Life, Part 1
The First Thanksgiving On Our Own
Choices
The Sweet Sixteenth Anniversary Post
A Safe Warm Spot For A Challenging Fall
Years On The Farm
A Mother Like No Other
Sourdough Blessings
Breakfast My Way
Unable To See The Forest For The Trees
My Perfect Breakfast
Can I Have A Pink Stucco Foundation In My HOA
The Better Angels Among Us
Connecting Electronically Wasn't Alway So Easy
COVID-19 Has Brought Changes We Did Not Seek
A Loss Of Innocence
Working From Home Isn't Just Bringing A Laptop Home
On The edge Of The Continent
Success Working From Home
Survival Is Future Focused
I Remember When
Lumix Cameras That Capture My Life
Fifteen Years of My Own Words
The Backyards of Our Lives
Solving Problems Not Creating Them
A Fourth of July Message for 2019
The Real Danger To Our Society
Tolerance Leads To Acceptance
Keeping Our Brains Wired
Too Much Communications, Too Little Listening
Waiting For The Big Snowstorm
Turkey Traditions
Fourteen Years of Posts
Time To Take A Breath
Social Media Empowers Toxic People
What Makes Me Proud?
Opportunity Based Action
Another Cable Company Saga
Shown The Door Too Early
Patience Is A Great Leveler
Our Quinquennial Technology Refresh
Respect
Another In Long Line Of Home Offices
Government By Grievance
You Cannot Ignore The Waves You Create
Fighting Fire With Water
Mother's Rules And Spirit
Taking The Heat
A Moment Of Clarity
Our Modern Dark Age
The Adventure Begins
Winter Rituals
Never At A Loss For Words
For The Greater Good
Not Everything Hides Well In The Inlet
Relentless Criticism
Did You Do This To Yourself?
Life's No Wake Zones
Summer At The Beach
I Love Living In The South
Whatever Happened To Graciousness
Memories That Weave Our Stories
The Only Way To Live
The View Or The People
The Chance To Be Great
Our Disappearing Photographic History
The Energy Saving Southern Biscuit
Sticking To The Shadows
So Much To Learn, So Little Time
Then Technology Antidote
A Real Southern Day
A Real SUV
First Mowing Not So Important At The Beach
Fire In The Belly
New Technology Not Always The Answer
Living In The Sales Wilderness
Life Without A Recipe
The Gift Is Not About The Giver
The World Is Yours, We Have Your Back
Maritime Storm Memories
Ten Years Of A More Personal Look At Our World
The Fall Is Ending Feeling
Our Relationship To Government Needs To Change
Searching For Personal Excellence
The Fog and Lies Bedeviling Our Healthcare
Fall Belongs To the Southern Coast
Summer Cottage Fever
Signs Of Power
The Wrong Kind Of Focus
The Plague Of Incivility
Good Service Wins Locally And On The Internet
No Every Local Business Deserves To Be Saved
Classic Southern Heat
The Power Of being Driven To Do Your Best
So Few Impromptu Visits
Heat Used To Be A Social Thing
Modern Life Intrusions
Our Divergent Work Realities
On The Road With Shiny Crocs
Relentless Excellence
Experts And Their Skills Are No Longer Needed
Do I Miss Working At Apple?
Technology Limits Us More Than Ice
Have A Little Faith People
Why Are There So Many Answers?
Home Is Where The Harbor Is
Stepping Up To The Plate
The Long Ago Escape From Holiday Madness
Seeing What Others Miss
Finding Strength When You Need It
An Obsession With Numbers
The Technology Curve Ball
Living The Dream
Sometimes The Memories Get Sharper
The College Shuffle
The Picture
The Pundits Can Be Very Wrong
Memories The Steps To The Past
Our New Book Is Available
A Journey To My Country
Freedom Is Strengthened By Our Interdependence
The Internet Can Be A Lonely Spot
Performance Is Not just An Individual Thing
Just How Low Can Newspaper Journalism Sink
Beyond The Letter Of The Law
Memorial Day At The Beach
The Canon SX50,A Great All-Round Camera
Mothers' Helpers
Community
Trying To Get Beyond The Trees
Keeping People From Being People
Finding Your Own Path
It Takes More Than Tweets
Looking Back Is Worth The Effort
A Worthy Sensibility
An Interesting Perspective On Apple
Finding Your Way To Leadership
Getting back To The dock
The Other choice On The Desktop
Paradise by The Water
A Thoughtful Technology Refresh
I still Don't Want To Be Hit with Your Modem
No Presents Under The Tree
The Not So Amazing Lack Of Civility On The Web
On Last Trip Down Fancy Gap
Time To Look Back Over Years Of Posts
Sometimes Words Get Twisted
A Trip Down The Coast Dodging Hurricane Sandy
Lessons Learned Along The Way
Why Do I Have To Lose For You To Win?
Roanoke In The Rearview Mirror
We Bid Adieu To Roanoke
Three Kinds Of People In The World
Weather Is Never Normal
Storms Of Life
A Proper sense Of Community
Eating At Home Is Worth The Effort
Salmon On The Deck
Done With Toro Mowers Forever
Warmer Than Bangor in Summer
Getting To Choose Where You Live
Homes 101
Southwest Virginia's Traffic Challenge
The Nikon Coolpix P500 - My Favorite Beach Camera
The Death of Good Sales Leadership
When Barbecue is Fast Food, You Must Be In Eastern NC
The Death of Common Courtesy
The Last Person In Paradise
Wishes For 2012
Family Holiday Traditions, Peanut Brittle and Rook
Memories Of Past Trees
Avoiding Distractions Of The Moment
Looking For Explanations When There Are None
If It Is worth Doing, It Is Worth Doing Well
Happy To Still Be Considered An Adult
Back To Normal After Irene
Buying Local Can Go Wrong
White Lady Peaches, A Special Summertime Treat
Three Things You Need To Grow In The South
Southern Food
Are People Really This Dumb?
Mistakes Can Make You Stronger
Learning One Of Life's Lessons
Sometimes The Best Memories Are Fuzzy Ones
Everyone Needs A Spot To Perch
Honeysuckle Pink and the Secrets to Happiness
When Is A Newspaper No Longer A Newspaper?
Thinking Tomatoes
Never Take Life, Friends, or Civilization For Granted
Watching A Southern Spring Unfold
Once Again A Cool Appalachian Spring
A Life With Meaning
Spring, The Promise of New Life, The Hope of Success
Looking Back Over The Years
Blowing Up The Gut
Watching Technology Closely
Enjoying The First Warmth Of The Year
Not A Hint Of Moisture On Our Mountain
Watching For Signs of Spring
How Did We Get Here From There
You Know You Should Consider Moving When
My Track Another Reason To Love My Droid And The Android OS
My The Ice Has To Be Broken
A Time To Stand Tall
Everyone Should have A Little Round Cat
The Internet is No Substitute for Common Sense
My 2010 Top Ten List
The Best Gift Of All - Some Expertise
Please Don't Hit Me With Your Modem
David's very Tasty Sausage Balls
There Is No Way To Escape Winter
A Holiday Shopping Trip With Memories
A Transitional Thanksgiving
Sometimes The Old Ways Are Best
Why Some Big Companies Just Don't Get It
Taking Too Much For Granted
The Hardening Of The Mind
A Restaurant That Will Never Let You Down
Enjoying Some Mountain Weather
Memories Of Mother
The Joys And Tragedies of Summer
Summer Vacations
Programmed For disaster
In The Heat Of The Day
Watching From The Back Deck, June 7, 2010
A Weekend Tradition In The South, A Clean Vehicle
Watching From The Back Deck, Memorial Day, May 31, 2010
Watching From The Back Deck, May 26, 2010
Blue Sky Can Make A Difference
Needed Mountain Rain
There Is More Than Warmth To The South & Roanoke
The Closets Of Our Lives
The Tree Of Life
Trying To Find The Good In People
Looking Back A Few Years
One Hundred Years Of Change
Spring Creeping The Mountain
Some Tools And Gadgets In My Life
Enjoying The Perspective That Age Provides
Being There When You Are Needed
Finally In The World of Smartphones
Dreams Of The Beach
Trying To Shake Off Winter
Snowy Afternoon On The Mountain
Another Blast From Old Man Winter
Find Good In Others
A Good Week To Run From Roanoke
My Latest Techno-Gadget I GotU
My First Restaurant Meal
A Cupcake To Feed The Soul
Tenacious Snow On The Roanoke Hillsides
Finding A New Life And A Place To Live It
Snowy Isolation Over The Decades
The Iceman Cometh
On A Snowy Road Waiting For VDOT
The Hardest Goals Are Sometimes The Best
Thoughts Of Snow In Roanoke
If you have finally learned the right way, is your knowledge already irrelevant?
Sticking To Your Knitting
Responsibility For Your Actions
Managing Yourself, The Biggest Challenge
Doing What Is Right And Honorable
Sometimes You Just Have To Dive In The Water
Is Free Content Worth The Effort?
Nice To Have A Large Country
What Is Your National Park Story?
An Old Burger Friend Finds A New Home
The Best Under $250 Digital Camera
The Evolution Of A Fisherman
Savoring A Southern Fall
Those Strange Little White Poles At The Coast
The Brotherhood and Sisterhood of True Southerners
An Appreciation for Calm Water
As The Small Stores Leave
Of Bobcats and Bears
Mountain Morning
Time to Think of the Other Person
The Importance of Meaningful Communication
A Tropical Anniversary
Being Thankful for Our Tomatoes
Making A Bad Decision on a Grand Scale
Dining in the County - The Homeplace
When Government Really Disappoints
Not Everyone from NJ is a Pain in the Rear
This is the South
The Old Fishing Reel
Benson, NC - Not a Place to Speed Through
Mountain Waters
Cool Mountain Breezes
Some Luck? - A Great Crop of Tomatoes
The Sweet Taste of Victory - The First Tomato
Lost in Vera Land
Finding Perspective Can Save the Day
Finding Perspective Can Save the Day
A Generation Passes
Tomatoes Once Again
Sticking Your Finger in the Social Media Stream
Thoughts on Organizing Your Email
A Few Changes on View from the Mountain
The Greening of the Valley and Mountain
Shenandoah Spring
The Benefit of Sixty Years
Precious Print
Amazing Times
When Is It time to Change Your View?
Your Job and Where You Live
A Victory for Responsibility
February, The Challenging Month
Destructive Capitalism
Frosty Morning Thoughts
A Winter State of Mind
This Must Be Winter
A Good Holiday Season
Drifting Sand
Nothing was Stirring, Except the Grand-dogs
Red Sky in Roanoke
The Best Smoked Salmon That I Have Had
The Annual Holiday Party
This Weather Calls for Comfort Food
Why So Bright?
More Technology Than We Need
Four Years and Still Writing
Holidays on the Horizon
Thanksgiving on the Mountain
We are Frozen Tundra
Back to the Future Once Again
Changing of the Clothes and Seasons
Rainy Morning Thoughts
Fall Thoughts
Enjoying a feeling of Contentment
Good Morning America
Roanoke Leaves at Their Peak
Why I Don't Hate Me or Us
A Sunday Worth Remembering
The Lobster Fest
An Opportunity for a New Way
A Trip Evokes Canadian Memories and Delivers Canadian Temps
Fall is Coming to Roanoke
Looking Around the Next Turn
The Hot Seat-The Price You PAY
A Sunset Perspective
Taking Stock, Twenty Years in Roanoke
And Then Hanna was Gone
"In the Cone of a Possible Hurricane
Taking a Day for Myself
Driving into the Sunset
The Old Girl Gets New Wheels
Reflections on a Tough Day
Polishing the Chrome
A Private Beach, North Carolina Style
The Anatomy of Perfect Beach Day
The Long Dry Spell
Shoes to Fit a Changing Life st2
Organizing Your Time in Paradise
Pricing Models that Irritate Me
What's Special about Roanoke?
The Cloud of Change
A Hard Way to Get Your Yard Mowed
Some Much Needed Rain
Relief from Het amd hardheads
Memories from up in North Carolina
The Heat Builds in the Mountains
The Sweet Taste of Victory
Our Oak is a Teenager, We are lot older
Mother Nature, My Favorite Cooling System
Don't County on "Social Networking"
Practicing My Chapel Skills
A Sunrise from Another Day
A New Spot on Keagy
My Best Roanoke Meal In A While
A Cool Morning Everywhere
The First Green Tomato
Knowing When to Head Out
First Fish of the Season
Tyron Palace, Well Worth The Drive
When Blue Sky is All You Have
Let The boat trips begin
The Pleasures of the South
Mountain Weather
Once Again The Tomato Race Is On
Would You Believe The Strawberries Are Ripe?
Taking The Dough Into My Own Hands
A Tough Spring
A Twinkle in the Water
March The Tricky Month In the Appalachians
Sunset on a Golden Inlet
Feel The Crunch of the Snow
Signs of Spring Are Beginning to Show
There Will Be Blood, Not A chick Flick
Dodging The Bullet
And Winter Unfortunately is Not Over
Resisting The Red Cape
The Flight to Warmth From Roanoke
Dining at the Mall, Chee Burger, Chee Burger
Fires Still Burning Near Roanoke
Smoke Over Roanoke
Can Yhe Valley Be Saved
February Thoughts
Applying Logic to Location and Life
An Auspicious Find
Home of the Freedom Fries, Cubby's Beaufort, NC
An Icy Cove
Snow on the Mountain
The Roanoke Way
Supporting Green Bay in My Own Way
Fogbow
More Success with Zonbu
The Chicken Noddle Caper
A Perverse interest in the Weather
The Peace of a New year Arriving
Zonbu A New Way of Computing
The Quiet of a December Evening
The Quiet of the Holidays
A View that Soothes the Soul
The Maters are Dead
Home is Where You are Always Welcome
Ice Starting to Show on the Mountain
An End to Some Fantastic Weather
Timebridge and gsyncit, and More Cool Web-Enabled Software
Holiday Thoughts
Buzz Winkle and Tsunamis
My Favorite Omelet
Nippy Morning Memories in the Roanoke Valley
A Changing Thanksgving
Glassy Waters
A Fall of Introspection
That Time of Year for Apple Cider and Hard Candy
One of Those Saturday Afternoons
The Community Dinner
Fall Comes to the Coast
Breakfast in the Neighborhood
Rainmakers and Water in the River
Dining in the Neighborhood, T-Bone Jacks
The NC Drought
Signs of Fall in Roanoke
The New Art of Eating Well at Home
The New Art of Eating Well at Home