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We don’t know what goes on in their minds when they are with us, but only the smiles and memories they leave in our own hearts and memories…
fred first
Feb 2, 2017
Banish the Darkness
Banish the Darkness
Can you find your place among all these lighted places?
fred first
Jan 31, 2017
Off Grid on Goose Creek
Off Grid on Goose Creek
Rhythms change when the lights go out…
fred first
Jan 30, 2017
Finding Water
Finding Water
A personal water history. A draft chapter from a possible book, under revision. Working title: One Place Understood: A Personal Ecology…
fred first
Jul 16, 2016
Appalachian Time Machine
Appalachian Time Machine
excerpt from Fred’s book in progress, One Place Understood
fred first
May 30, 2016
To Know Our Place
To Know Our Place
By Fred First / November 2014
fred first
Jun 30, 2015
September
September
From a Floyd County Almanac, a book-with-images in progress—by Fred First
fred first
Nov 8, 2014
Autumn a Change in Cadence and Key
Autumn a Change in Cadence and Key
Though a few poetic souls and tree-hugging types like me will make soft cooing noises about the magic of the coming of fall, many pay it no…
fred first
Oct 24, 2014
The Wisdom of One Place, Understood
The Wisdom of One Place, Understood
First appeared at the Child and Nature Network http://goo.gl/tBelU
fred first
Jun 13, 2013
Relocalizing the Future
Relocalizing the Future
fred first
Apr 13, 2013
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