It may be raining like a monsoon at times outside today but it sure is different than last February when we were socked in all month with snow and blocked by a driveway covered by snow and ice. Now they’re talking about another 70 degree plus weekend. And the therapists tell me it will [...]
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Have you noticed how the talking heads on the tube never refer it to as “snow” any more? Nah. Now we have “‘wintry events,” which can mean snow, sleet, freezing rain, a mixture of both or also include an “ice storm” or Lord knows what else. What “wintry event” really means is “something bad is [...]
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The violent and hate-filled rhetoric that has become no much a part of our life did not pull the trigger that killed six people — including a federal judge and a nine-year-old girl — and left an Arizona Congresswoman fighting for her life Saturday. These senseless acts came from a deranged man who equated violence [...]
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So much for the best laid plans of mice, men and photographers. My plan to return to the basketball court to photograph the Chance Harman Memorial Classic Saturday night became a victim of the chance of bad weather. Snow postponed the event, just as snow postponed so many planned events for the weekend. The year [...]
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I’ll be on the sidelines of the basketball court Saturday night for the final game of the Chance Harman Memorial Classic — the annual series that remembers the young son of Coach Brian Harman Chance died too young of a rare form of cancer — one that also too the life of the grandson of [...]
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At first glance, the “winter weather advisory” was scary: Winter Weather Advisory – Buchanan (Virginia) Clintwood…Grundy…Vansant…Welch… Gary…War…Mullens…Oceana…Pineville 630 Am Est Fri Jan 7 2011 …Winter Weather Advisory Remains In Effect Until 6 Pm Est ThisEvening… A Winter Weather Advisory Remains In Effect Until 6 Pm Est This Evening. * Precipitation Type: Snow Showers Of Varying [...]
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We’re only a few days into the new year and already it seems like 2011 has been with us forever. Murder, robberies, snowstorms, winter weather advisories, controversies surrounding the school board and the usual griping against VDoT. A new Congress is in session and they are already griping like the old one. Sports seasons are [...]
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The talking heads say the temperatures will drop 20-25 degrees tonight after two nice, unseasonably warm days. Sure was nice while it lasted. But at least that’s the bad news. The next week, while colder, will be drier without snow until the possibility until later in the week. Lows in the 20s and highs in [...]
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I’ve been absent from photographing sports since before the end of football season last year because of my back problems but the prognosis now looks good for a return to a full schedule to shooting both boys and girls basketball when the home seasons get underway on Jan. 6 and Jan. 8. My thanks to [...]
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We begin 2011 with a lot of hope. We’ve come off a long, difficult year. My health, for the first time in years, is an issue but one that I believe will improve as time goes on. As for Blue Ridge Muse, this will be a year of transition. We came here in 2004 to [...]
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