May My Garmin Burn In Hell!Madison Co. VA–My Garmin said, “turn right here,” so I did.  It is not unusual in rural Virginia to find yourself on gravel or dirt roads. But in this case I’d have to say without exaggeration that this road ranks in th…

HORNY COWS, HER WORDS NOT MINE Orange Co.– I had arrived to inspect damage to a barn roof.  I was told by the matronly insured that the damage was on the pasture side of the barn and I needed to watch out for the “horny cows.”  While most o…

God I Love Rural Virginia!Locust Dale, VA on Rt. 15 in Madison County.  It has it all–An old boarded up building, a beat-up trailer for a post office and a two door outhouse in the parking lot!  Who could ask for more. God’s country.

Great Time At A Piano Bar….I ThinkOrlando, FL–During a trip to Florida to see the Daytona 500 my friends and I (guy road trip) stopped in a local piano bar.  Enjoyed it quite a bit but this was the fifth bar we had been to that day. Thought I w…

Architecture and Speed–It will All Make SenseOrlando FL–The main drag in front of our hotel. Eight years as an elected official changes you.  You see the world in a different light. To most of you this is a rather mundane photo of a mundane stre…

Need More Gas PumpsLouisa, VA–No I have not lost my fascination with abandoned gas pumps. What makes this pair all the more fascinating is that they are located on a rural dead-end road with no signs of a building structure nearby.    T…

English Gardens vs.  Continental Gardens, Democracy vs. TotalitarianismOrange, VA–Ah the idyllic spring day on the back roads of Virginia. Isn’t nature wonderful! Note the beautiful carpet of little purple weedy things. The English have it right,…

A Guy Moment…….Ladies if I may have a moment alone with the guys………….Picture this–Laid back with your feet up on your barber’s chair with remote in hand and the big plasma screen in front of you. A brief turn in the chair and there is a sm…

Don’t See This EverydayMadison County off Rt. 522–This area had some serious brush fires recently.  This is actually a house not too far behind me.  It was saved when a fire department tanker truck got stuck at the back of the house.  T…

As a member of City Council I made some decisions that did not receive universal acclaim. But in leading up to those decisions I laid out my position in OpEds, news interviews, and on-line. I answered questions and addressed comments no matter if the…