HUDSON IN KENTUCKY Oh, to have reached the mouth of the Kentucky River so early on in its exploration. To have tied up our flatboat to an exposed cage of a root-bound Sycamore. No fires, all quiet. A sentry hidden…
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SURROUNDING: Mammoth Cave!
Introduction This is a journey log. One of culture, history, and scientific exploration. A recognition that, when we…
August 20, 2026
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“River Nights” and Harry Caudill, Jerry Deaton and David Harl!
I was honored to finger pick and sing my song “River Nights” in the background of Wendell Berry…
August 3, 2026The Hetch Hetchy Valley
San Francisco needed fresh water to grow. The City wanted to take it from the sister canyon of…
July 27, 2026The Trouble with Trilobites
DON’T STEP THERE! Yikes! Look down where you stand. Walk with care. Trilobites are everywhere! Well,…
May 21, 2026A Poem to Celebrate The Astronauts of Artemis 2, “The Face of the Moon.”
THE FACE OF THE MOON Serenity Tranquility Crisis Vapors …
April 8, 2026The Dzungarian Gate
THE DZUNGARIAN GATE And what it is not, location is. And here is the place. A 3,000-mile, nearly…
April 6, 2026Where the Upper Red River of Kentucky begins to Gorge it!
Up on the Cumberland Plateau before you get down in it. Reggie Van Stockum in Wolfe County, Kentucky!…
March 16, 2026
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Special Metals and Useful Minerals!
PALLADIUM It is worth more than gold! What is Palladium? One atom with 46 protons. Where does…
March 9, 2026The Story of the Horse in America
YIPEEI-YO-KIY-YAEEI! That’s Gene Autry in the 1935 science fiction western serial entitled, “The Phantom Empire.” He was one…
February 26, 2026