Published October 25, 2015 Autumn Portal I am back home and chasing fall. October is the peak of color somewhere every day in the southern Appalachian mountains, and […]
Published November 2, 2015 Enemies of Leaves The highway between Tennessee and North Carolina winds between several mountain passes, including Sam’s Gap at the border between the two, named […]
Published January 4, 2016 New Beginnings. As a new year starts, thoughts turn to the promise of fresh beginnings. The ancient Black Mountains here in North Carolina are […]
Published August 7, 2014 Bushmeat and the Ebola connection Thirty years ago, I went on an expedition to climb Mt. Bintumani, the highest mountain in Sierra Leone. It took the better […]