“Doing right by my People.”   Ken Burns said, “I came to realize I’m a historian who brings people and things back from the grave.”   After hearing Burns’ quote, I’m struck that it is my job and calling, too.   I don’t do it with a camera and a documentary.   I use a journal, memories, and imagination.   …

A Great Quote About Trees   “The only conclusion I’ve ever reached is that I love all trees, but I am in love with pines.”   -Aldo Leopold “Sand County Almanac”   One of the greatest nature books ever written.      

My Favorite Poem:  “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost.       Growing up in the woods and loving poetry, it was sometimes thought of as unmanly. That’s a crock of bull. In fact, my woods-roots have led me to the best poems of all. They are poems that glow about nature, the human, and the amazing life around …