Once upon a time

I found myself sitting in a hospital talking to a doctor: Doc: You sure you haven’t had a heart attack? Me: I’m pretty sure…..Wouldn’t I know? Doc: Well……Yes and no. It was a conversation I didn’t want to have but there I sat...

Paper Maps or Something close

In case you haven’t seen the news – we had a lot of rain Last Friday. A hurricane hit Florida and then proceeded to drench a large portion of the world I Inhabit I was fine. Chattanooga was fine. North East Tennessee and Western North Carolina...

Blast from the Past

Welcome to my ramblings this morning on the official blog of NRGS. So way back when I was a geology person. I did the time. Got the paper. Never practiced the art. Instead I was lured into the sordid world of mapping. From 1989 to about 1991 I rambled through college...
The Year in Review – 2021 Edition

The Year in Review – 2021 Edition

Just to prepare for the 2021 edition I went back and re-read the 2020 edition. Yikes. So I started writing and I’ve changed this post up several times. I’ve decided much like I did last year “this is the final shot with a few edits”. 2020 was...
All Dogs go to Heaven

All Dogs go to Heaven

Probably. Hopefully. I’ve not had a dog in years. It bugs me – I’ve never made the room or the time because there always is something else happening. There was one unfinished bit from a blog 6 years ago and that story ended this week. Actually it...