Tag Archives: Virginia

Concrete forest.

It looks like they’ve started constructing the framework for the next set of buildings on Campbell Avenue where the former bus station was razed.  This picture doesn’t quite do it justice — but it has a postindustrial, otherworldly look to it around twilight.  I thought it was neat.

I almost wrote “infrastructure” instead of “framework” in the first sentence above.  But I’ve read that engineers roll their eyes at the word, because laypeople invariably use the term incorrectly.



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The Roanoke Star features my latest letter to the editor.

I’m very happy to see that The Roanoke Star has featured my latest letter to the editor — about people who draw a comparison between the January 6th attack on the Capitol and protests by Black Lives Matter.  You can find it right here.

Thanks, as always, to Publisher Stuart Revercomb for allowing me to share with my neighbors in Roanoke via The Roanoke Star.



The Bristol Herald Courier prints my latest letter to the editor.

I’m quite happy tonight to see that the Bristol Herald Courier published my latest letter to the editor — about people trying to rationalize the January 6th attack by pointing at Black Lives Matter protests.  You can read it online right here.

Thanks once again to Managing Editor Roger Watson for allowing me to share my thoughts via this first-rate news provider for Southwest Virginia.



The Free Lance-Star prints my letter to the editor.

My letter to the editor about conspiracy theories was also published by The Free Lance-StarYou can find it right here.

The Free Lance-Star is a leading regional news source with more than 65,000 weekday readers.  I’m always especially pleased to see something I’ve written appear here, because Fredericksburg, Virginia is my college town.  🙂

Thanks yet again to the newspaper’s editorial staff for allowing me to share through this important source of news and commentary in northeast Virginia.



The Roanoke Times published my latest letter to the editor.

I’m happy today to see that The Roanoke Times published my letter to the editor about relying too heavily on “open mindedness” in considering conspiracy theories.  You can read it online right here.

Thanks, as always, to the editorial department of The Roanoke Times for allowing me to share my opinion in this leading regional Virginia newspaper.



The New River Valley News features my letter to the editor about “open-mindedness.”

I’m so happy tonight to see that the New River Valley News published my latest letter to the editor — about the overreliance on “open-mindedness” in evaluating conspiracy theories.  You can read it online right here.

Thanks once again to Editor and Web Developer Rose Bowen for allowing me to share my opinion with my neighbors in Southwest Virginia.



The Roanoke Star publishes my latest letter to the editor.

I’m quite happy tonight to share here that The Roanoke Star printed my latest letter to the editor — about the overreliance on “open-mindedness” in validating popular conspiracy theories.  You can find it right here.

Thanks once again to Publisher Stuart Revercomb for allowing me to share my opinion through this first-rate resource for news and commentary in Roanoke, Virginia!



Roanoke River around Franklin Road SW, September 2022

I’m kinda happy with the fortuitous composition of the last video and photo.  That swan just lined up perfectly in the center of the shot.

The building that you see in the distance in the second clip is Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital.


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The Butterfly Effect.

I cropped an old photo from Warrenton, Virginia, and I really like the way it turned out.

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Good artwork.

Seen in downtown Roanoke this weekend.  I have a pal out west who exemplifies the maxim, and we were having a conversation about it only the night before.  Synchronicity.



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