prognostication

fog

Solstice

Port in the storm, the Budget Inn. All communication occurred through hole in the center of the plexiglass, between homeward bound southern Hayseed and Indian Subcontinent proprietors.

At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless;
Neither from nor towards; at the still point, there the dance is,
But neither arrest nor movement. And do not call it fixity,
Where past and future are gathered. Neither movement from nor towards,
Neither ascent nor decline. Except for the point, the still point--T.S.Elliot

off the road

Tried and failed to arrive in Charlottesville before the storm. Abandoned the highway, holded up in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

McAdoo

1-81, Pennsylvania. What won't we do for the convenience of the automobile?

on the road

I-84

on the road

I-81, Pennsylvania

Squirrelly

I have never compressed, crushed or squeezed a squirrel to the pavement while driving an automobile. They do their squirrelly thing. Method in the madness. Here comes the car. Dash first one way, then another, then pirouette, then away.
I think they are pressed, squashed and pressed to the pavement by drivers who attempt to avoid them.

Marmota monax mortuus

Chuck wood no more.

easy riders

In June I am participating in a local effort to raise $'s for MS.
Please contribute! If you are comfortable donating via the Internet, visit this page--
http://tinyurl.com/r9b5um
On the left hand side of the page click on donate to participant, see screen shot below.
Any amount would be wonderful. Times are hard. More important than ever to help.

Note: the above is a screen-shot, please visit the page on MS site to donate...

Funds raised by the Blue Ridge Chapter [in 2008] were used to provide programming and research for the 3,000 people with MS and their families in our area. Money goes for scholarships, in home care , wheelchairs, counseling, physical therapy, personal independence modifications on houses... Additionally, $'s raised are used by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to fund research.

If you prefer to donate by check, please make your gift payable to the "National MS Society" and forward it by mail to me -- I will make sure it gets properly submitted: Bill Emory, 1604 East Market Street, Charlottesville, VA, 22902

abandoned road

ran into an image of Ricky earlier today, the dog who raised me. Color. Maybe tomorrow.

untitled

Interstate 81 rearview

three miles ahead, traffic was merging from two lanes to one.

Providence,RI

Providence to Pensacola, 1389 miles SW, miles left to go

carelessness, Omnipotence

In my home town there have recently been several stories in the news on the topic of automobile drivers behaving badly. In some cases the bad behavior is the result of a momentary lack of attention. Truly, there are few motorists that would deliberately play bumper cars with people in wheel chairs.
But it is an observable phenomenon that drivers are transformed when they get behind the wheel.
Why do we allow the Automobile to rule? Some interesting listening on that topic:
Peter Norton speaks with Coy Barefoot about his article "Street Rivals: Jaywalking and the Invention of the Motor Age Street," published in the Journal of Technology and Culture. Norton discusses the transition from streets being pedestrian-oriented to becoming the domain of the motorcar, and whose interests were really being served. Norton is the author of a book called "Fighting Traffic, the Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City."

I have a part time volunteer job with the City picking up trash on the east side of town. The take averages about 20 gallons a week. This is a busy time of year. Diapers, happy meals, condom boxes, beer cans, cigarette packs, big gulps, candy wrappers, dead animals, lottery tickets.
Would love to know how many citations were issued in the City last year for littering. Time to do some remedial house-training with these kings of the road.

horse and rider

approaching San Carlos, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico

on the road again

imagining the landscape before it was ceded to the automobile

on the road again

on the road again

Kill Devil Hills NC

imagine how villages would look without power lines and asphalt

day of rest

day of rest

Seattle

Jimi Hendrix heads home.

subtropical

six inches of rain so far. Flash flood warnings in effect.

rain

slowly

How long will it take to cut the three acre front yard of the motel with a pair of fingernail scissors?
I am finding out.

pass with caution

I84 westbound, Newburgh, NY

the power to tax emanates from the barrel of a gun

tiny houses

In March 2004 Cities Ranked and Rated listed Charlottesville VA as the best place in the US to live.

The ranking was questionable but with the announcement damage was done.

Boomtown!

The greed on display in this region now is staggering, breath-taking.

My neighborhood, the red-headed step-child of local planners, is taking a beating.
This has been a low density rural neighborhood since the establishment of the woolen mill village in 1830.

Currently, within 100 yards of my house, two developers hope to build 40 units. The units don't serve the neighborhood's needs, they don't reflect the neighborhood structure. The proposed growth is cancerous in nature.

Cash in the chips.

Spuds Florida

I-95

show time

Happy Motoring

lake anna

There are horns that sound in the event of a containment breach.

distraction

dis·trac·tion (d-strkshn)
n.
1 A condition or state of mind in which the attention is diverted from an original focus or interest.
2 Separation of bony fragments or joint surfaces of a limb by extension