Friday, August 14, 2009. Sleeping as of late has been heavy and frantic. i drowse and dream and awake in the black, instantly thinking anxious thoughts. again i doze to awake suddenly, carrying on the very same stream of thoughts from the previous session. then at day break im. Awake unable to shake the doubt and stresses i share only with myself. The tiny orange flower states.

Valerie sent around an email a few months ago asking if anyone would like to host this journalist from Yahoo! Parenting, and I agreed. It was an out of character move for me, as I usually steer clear from reporter-types who come through, but I figured parenting at Twin Oaks was something I could probably be articulate about. My daughter and my butt.

Wednesday, January 14, 2015. 7 Boxes at the Strand. A Paraguayan thriller featuring the most exciting chase scenes involving wheelbarrows you may have seen. A young man who dreams of fame is given a chance to make some money if he can just hide 7 boxes for a few hours and bring them back intact. Saturday, January 24 at 7 PM. Saturday, January 31 at 7 PM.

A year of observing nature in rural central Virginia. And now, having posted all of those seasonal mashup photos, the time has come for me to draw the curtain on this incarnation of ObserVA. We hate to see you go.