Tag Archives: Virginia

A Virginian Sylvan Cacophony!

Roanoke, VA, July 2020.

Listen to those insects. This video doesn’t do them justice. They are loud — LOUD.

 

The George Washington Masonic National Memorial — filtered.

This is the well known monument in Alexandria, Virginia — with a little photo editing.

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Filtered Roanoke.

These are just a couple of shots of Roanoke that I altered with basic photo-editing software.  I don’t know why, but I like black-and-white photos with their details enhanced and with plenty of dark spaces in them.

I have no doubt that a proficient photographer would look at shots like these and find them to be elementary stuff.  But I’m still learning about the process and having fun with it.

 

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Remember the fallen.

Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.  Photo by Carol M. Highsmith.

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Filtered Salem.

So I’m getting better at editing photos — I’d like to think that these old shots of Salem, VA turned out pretty neat.

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Just some more fun with filters — trees in Salem, VA.

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This kite stuck in a tree on a rainy day might be the best metaphor for 2020 ever.

Unless … maybe if the tree was also on fire.

And I’m not going that far for a good photo.  I’ve got enough problems.

 

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A long-distance meating.

So I hit the supermarket last night because I NEEDED fresh meat. (I’m part velociraptor. 23andMe says so. I even wrote it in on the census.)

Let me tell you something — Roanokers are 100 percent diligent in maintaining the recommended six feet of distance. And on top of that, they’re STILL polite and good-natured. My neighbors are smart, classy people.

And I’m doing my best to blend in … I think they’ve mistaken me for one of their own.

 

 

 

The Bristol Herald Courier publishes my “Open Letter to President Donald J. Trump”

Hey, guys — remember the “Open Letter to President Donald J. Trump Upon His Acquittal” that I wrote a few weeks back? The Bristol Herald Courier ran it Wednesday as a letter to the editor.

The newspaper is published in Bristol, Virginia, and has a readership of 39,000.  It won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2010.

You can find the letter right here.