I like to explore and tell descriptive stories about places. I also make jewelry, music and mixed-media art.
PART 1, Crabtree & Mine Creek Greenways, Raleigh, NC, August & September 2024 and such Raleigh, North Carolina is the city where I was born and where I lived through college. As a child, I would play by the creek near our house and then walk along the wooded, sometimes rocky trail that followed it. […]
Read More Gneiss Weather for Piedmont GeologyJubilee Park, Ivanhoe, Virginia, mid-April 2024 Ivanhoe, the Fair now this is glamping true Revival, handling of the Serpentine embanked New (Kanawha) river The diva waters Still rush past this old railway, blast furnace and mine shaft left to history A fairground in the off-season, nearly empty Jubilee A small town that doesn’t need much […]
Read More Ivanhoe, the fair (a return)October 1, 2023, Norfolk, VA: I find my fall Gourd Goddess at Food Lion as part of a plentiful harvest of gourds and pumpkins. She’s an Ornamental Gourd, not hardshell, so she’s going to decay over the course of the coming winter. Last year I documented my Rotting Gourd Goddess’s journey for the first time, […]
Read More Journey of the Rotting Gourd Goddess, 2024December 27, 2022 The winter storm blew through before Christmas, freezing pipes and ponds across the Atlantic coastal plain. After a few cold dim days, the temperatures rose and sky cleared up again. Necessary is a nature walk and a visit to a ruin, before returning to Hampton Roads and home tasks. The Neuse River, […]
Read More Milburnie falls and dam ruins on the NeuseLate July, 2022 I’m back at the mountain family property at Fancy Gap, Virginia, clearing paths and finishing construction of the stone labyrinth. There have been storms; trees have fallen, and mushrooms are growing all around (including in the labyrinth). I’m learning to identify these mushrooms, so if you know these species, let me know […]
Read More Mushrooms and a rainy season in southern AppalachiaJune 2022 Rhododendron catawbiense are the purplish flowering of these soul-comforting mountain shrubs and are euphoria to witness in bloom. There are several sub species of Rhododendron, this one widespread throughout the region but only in bloom for a short time…sometimes as short as two weeks in certain areas. Generally, this happens in Southern Appalachia […]
Read More The Quest for Blooming Rhododendron near Roanoke, Virginia – part 1: taking the scenic routeEstuaries and wetlands of Virginia Beach, in summer, fall, and winter Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, on the inland side of Sandbridge island (Atlantic coast) The refuge is known as a habitat for east coast migratory birds, and on a cold January visit to the barrier island section, there are several photographers out along the […]
Read More Marsh Music – Back BaysDates of travel – April 18-24, 2017 The train whips through rolling fields of red flowers on the 2 hour ride south to Barcelona, gradually filling with passengers as we approach the metro area. I sit in euphoria from the experiences of the past few days, scanning the hills for more dolmen we may pass. […]
Read More Barcelona for 7 daysDates of travel – 25 July – 6 August, 2015 Date of writing – Autumn, 2017 This week i look back to those difficult 10 days i spent volunteering at a well-known reserve deep in the Peruvian rainforest, but did not want to go public about what happened there until now. While staying at the […]
Read More Beauty, Abuse, and Isolation in the Deep Forest – Tapiche Reserve
arianna's creative travels 