Fred First
FRED FIRST: To The End of The End of The Book
The uncertainty and never-ending unknowing may soon end. For the past year, there has been no dry land on the horizon. But we may not be adrift much longer.To...
FRED FIRST: My Wee Musical Man-Cave
Digital Tones and Frets and Reeds: Oh My!A month ago this small room behind me...
FRED FIRST: Still is Still Moving . . .
We just don't quite know when the VAN will be at the door
THE RECAPThe storyline...
FRED FIRST: Turning Points of Note From a Season of Change
First night: Middle of April: The sliding doors are open with nothing but the screens to...
FRED FIRST: What Was A Half Million Acres of Cypress Swamp
The transformation of the Missouri Boot HeelA year from today, I will be living in...
Breathing With the Trees: Good Health is a Walk in the Woods
by Fred FirstWe hardly need more reasons—as children or adults—to put technology, crowds, and hurry behind us and go more often to the...
Between Nothing and Everything: A New Year
January takes its name from Janus, the Roman god of portals, of comings and goings, beginnings and endings—an odd-looking, two-faced deity who looks...
Rise of the Beta Male
Watching my one football game of the year, share for a moment my perplexity at a Super Bowl commercial showing a pathetic gaggle...
One Subaru – Sunny Side Up
It was miserable, cold and wet. The wind made the umbrella in my hand a pathetic mockery of shelter from the storm.
It would...
Taking in The Last Garden of 2010
I put away the garden of the summer of 2010 this morning. It was a fair year—more productive than some disastrous gardens we’ve had,...
The Blue Ridge Parkway: Gateway To The Future
The 469-mile-long Blue Ridge Parkway is often depicted as being “more than a road.” Superintendent Phil Francis interprets this in part by explaining that...