Plastic Farm AnimalsCamille lives with her soul mate Bob in the back woods of central North Carolina where she hikes, gardens, cooks, and writes.
After weeks of trial and error, I’ve designed a satisfactory three mile walk around the new neighborhood. I made the best use of available sidewalks, while minimizing my exposure to the heavily trafficked main roads, threw in some loops and backtracking and, voila. I had to be creative because the neighborhood wasn’t built on a […]
I pulled the huge (93-gallon) green trash cart to the curb this morning, well aware this would be the last time. Today is the day the Denton Solid Waste Department replaces it with their smallest trash cart. The reduction in service will save us a whopping $33 per year. Also, we’ll be able to join […]
Bob and I used to think the boat-tailed grackles were the looniest birds on the planet. With their clicking, whirring and strutting, they surely made no sense. Bob thought the grackles probably wish they could make nice, normal, chirpy, birdlike sounds, but when they open their mouths, only squeaks and rattles come out. They sound […]
A couple of days ago, Bob and I found ourselves in Hell, so named for its black limestone formations. The folks from Hell, Grand Cayman have made a cottage industry of selling trinkets. We parked next to the tour buses, strolled past the pods of cruise ship day trippers and the Canadian posing as Satan, […]
Walking in a new town is an exploratory adventure involving barking dogs, songbirds, dead ends and wildflowers. My quest is a ninety minute loop away from heavy traffic, with a nice balance of shade and sun. Not that there aren’t places to walk in Denton. There is a public walking trail a few miles from […]