Appalachia

Poems

hear an angel’s wing

22AUG25

as it flutters

like the notes
on an acoustic guitar
the ink floats
like in a luxury car

the ink sings
wisdom it utters
hear an angel's wing
as it flutters

my hand follows
where the ink leads
sunset in the hollow
crickets in the weeds

bigfoot is fun
and always around
we watch the sun
as it goes down

I am temporarily halting the editing of the bush hog video that I mentioned on Monday. There are more than a few slow moving backing scenes in that video. And I am going to let my brother decide how much of that he wants to in include in the video. But I will have it set up so all that we have to do is delete those scenes. And then it should be fast and easy to publish it. Should be. Famous last words : ) I guess we’ll see.

I am returning to the holler in early September. I plan to shoot several more drone videos on this trip. I damaged some of my propellers on the last trip. dji is the dominant drone manufacturer and supplier of drones. They are located in China. There is a severe shortage of parts including propellers. You can buy a lot of replacement propellers. But a lot of the reviewers on Amazon claim that there can be a problem with flight stability with some of the propellers that they have ordered. I plan to try to fly the bird over bridges on creeks and rivers to capture some of the beautiful Appalachian scenery that I grew up in. And for that I would really like to have the OEM propellers on the bird. We’ll see how it all works out.

I hope that all of your projects work out and turn out great. And I hope that you have a great weekend!

Poems

terror in the woods

21JUL25

the last time

have some terror
maybe you should
go make an error
in his woods

want to make haste
bigfoot will raise the bar
as you get chased
back to your car

iPhone or android
wings will be grounded
as you try to avoid
getting pounded

keep your heart rate
under a watchful eye
no one can elevate
it like the big guy

away you flee
your life saved
maybe next time you'll be
a little better behaved

as bigfoot hides
and inspires rhymes
some people decide
it's the last time

the big guy's control
is still strong
that may have been his goal
all along

This will be a short post. So far the plan is for my brother to start mowing hay on Tuesday morning. So I am headed that way so I can have the photo bird in the sky above him as he starts circling the field on top of the hill with 2 of his tractors. Hopefully it will make for a fun and interesting video. In a few weeks you can be the judge.

I hope you start your week with a smile and the expectation that you will have fun thru it all.

Poems

tree theology

29JUN25

wings & wisdom

what are your eyes on
is it a mansion
how about your horizon
does it need expansion

that noise that you heard
out in the trees
was your soul stirred
like the birds & bees

if you want your wings
& wisdom to grow
then there are things
that you should know

your books & Bible
are they well worn
you have been tribal
since you were born

the heart of your vibe
is not on a screen
start for the tribe
of the unseen

the forest people
can see your worth
their tall steeple
is a tree in the earth

Enjoy your Sunday. Smile even if you are by yourself.

bigfoot with video

an old man remembers bigfoot

Special Reminder

Red River Gorge Bigfoot Fest

May 31, 2025

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weathered hands

bless the rain
as it falls
grows the grain
for the stall

watch & learn
the farmer's eye
as it turns
to the sky

because hands
that need no gloves
they understand
help from above

as they close
the angel sees
so do those
out in the trees

When I started this blog back in March of this year I had intended for this to be the 1st post. That is how much I like listening to this old man talk. I grew up in a holler in Appalachia. I grew up working on farms and listening to old men a lot like him talk. Most hard working men that I have met have been very honest.

There is an eloquence in the lines on a weathered face that were put there by a life of hard work that are almost like the medals and ribbons on a military uniform. They command their own form of respect and trust.

I cannot say that what he is saying is true. But I do tend to trust him. And once again I do enjoy listening to him talk. I hope that you do as well. I hope it leaves you with a warm smile on your face.

Here is the link to his video.

Poems

bigfoot is barefoot

fear at Nike

fear at Nike
terror at Converse
trouble in the psyche
it could get worse

how can we put
how will this end
Sasquatch barefoot
starts a trend

eyes wince
hearts pound
the silence
of skin on the ground

like a theft
by those paradoxes
new shoes left
in their boxes

it is a shocker
for one and all
no more Foot Locker
at the mall

Phil is mental
full of fright
refuses to go gentle
n2 that good Knight

a dreaded doomsday
a devastating storm
who's going to pay
for Oregon's uniforms

I know. It did not take us long to get back to the world of goofy. If you have not figured it out by now it is kind of how we roll in this blog.

I grew up in a holler in Appalachia. I remember my mom telling us the first morning of summer after school let out to “get out there & toughen up your feet.” And we would spend most of our summer walking & running around barefoot. I still remember the sensation of pulling a honey bee’s stinger out from between my toes. And I have very fond memories of buying a pop(usually a Coca-Cola in a glass bottle) & candy bar for 25ยข at my grandfather’s country store. Then my brother or sisters & I along with a gang of our cousins would walk barefooted back up a dirt road to our houses. And for some reason I can still vividly remember how the red clay mud used to squish up between my toes during or after a flash flood. There is a phrase that I have often heard repeated. We had it made and we didn’t even know it.

I did a quick check on the internet after I wrote this poem to check on bigfoot & running shoes. Brooks actually has a short time promotion. It is called Sasquatch Run Collection. But to me their picture of a Sasquatch looks more like a dogman or maybe even the Seattle Seahawk emblem. It definitely could be on a PNW totem pole. And I am pretty sure that is what they were going for. I also found several pairs of shoes for sale on Amazon. But it didn’t seem like any of them had sold.

When you start reading about the bigfoot phenomenon. You will start to see a lot of material about meditation and our connection to the earth. There is a wealth of information on the internet about the positive health benefits of walking barefoot on the earth. I would encourage you to google The Health Benefits of Going Barefoot on Earth.

I have come across a couple of lines of thought that think that bigfoot draws power and nutrition straight from the earth. There are also lines of thought that think he can draw it from electric sources. That is usually coupled with examples of so many sightings near power lines or sources of electricity. And the fact that a lot of researchers have their batteries drained is also cited.

some housekeeping

A lot of people have asked me about navigating on the blog on their mobile devices. When you get to the line that says Blog Posts if you tap the arrow on the right it will take you back to the very 1st post on the blog. But if you tap on Blog Posts on the left side it will take you to the most recent post. I hope that helps.

In this blog we have talked about bigfoot drawing power from the earth. I hope you learn how to draw power from the earth. And I hope you learn how to draw power from your own smile & that other people get to see your smile & draw power from it as well. And may what all of you draw be a thing of beauty. Maybe even a Flash!

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