10 years ago

Hook staff on the road, Roanoke Virginia, April 21 2012 Virginia Press Association awards dinner.

A decade ago we had investigative journalism in Charlottesville. We had a team of reporters who worked together. They dug deep into stories. I think of the good work they would have done together in the past five years. Tremendous loss for this community. There are many stories that need to be told but we don’t have a news organization that is strong enough to write the articles.

Wilson

playing trombone in the cow pasture
Cows are sentient/sapient beings, they will acknowledge humans when they see fit. Cows enjoy psithuristic compositions, the sound of wind moving through the leaves of an oak. Cows like the trombone, immensely. When brother Wilson visits the pasture they gather together.

Playing for free.

day of rest

sinners take note
STL through the windowglass 65 mph
STL, across the street from Bellefontaine Cemetery
storefront church by the SW corner of Bellefontaine
House of Prayer. The Lords House of Prayer Motto: psalm 122:1″ I WAS GLAD WHEN THEY SAID UNTO ME,LET US GO INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD” Founding Pastor Prophetess Pearl Gary. 5481 Union Blvd, St. Louis (MO), 63115, United States
“I would like to extend to you an open invitation to The Lord’s House of Prayer. A place where your problems are our problems and my success is your success. If you say that The Lord’s House of Prayer is not the church for you then I encourage you to attend another church because GOD HAS NEED OF YOU.”

making a smoke

John Deere 4020 diesel
The pause that satisfies. Making a smoke, getting ready for the ride back to the shop after a day of ordering in Charles Hill field, readying to plant corn. Jack Jasper, Rosni Farm, 1975.
Day’s end. Jack used to live in the house on the top of the hill, before Jack I think Sterling stayed there. In 1975 I did.