Fred First
FRED FIRST: Doodling Really Does Help Me Think!
I Want an Apology From All My Teachers . . .
…who confiscated my etchings, mazes and caricatures during class.
Unfortunately, the latter were good enough it was clear who my...
FRED FIRST: The Glue of Community Does Not Age So Well
Living in place does not insure a lasting connection, as friends our age drop out...
FRED FIRST: Where the Sidewalk Ends
Are There Future Fragments From Beyond the Pavement?
I thought of this 150 yr old farmhouse...
FRED FIRST: A New Look at Virginia’s Old Trees
Herein lies a serendipitous reprise of an article I stumbled across this morning—exactly three years...
FRED FIRST: Creature Corner: That’s No Worm!
Hands and Knees and a Closer Look: It's a Tiny Blind Snake
Our son was randomly...
FRED FIRST: The Onset of RINGXiety and Other Communication Hallucinations
Our expectations shape our experience. We know this at some level, and use it to teach our children to predict a good outcome on...
FRED FIRST: Leafing The World Behind
I mentioned recently that I am using a camera app on my iPhone called NightCap Camera. I made the claim that I intended to...
FRED FIRST: Family Time – Black Mountain North Carolina
We recently spent a few days away, a few hours from home, with both our children (and one spouse) and two grand-children in Black...
FRED FIRST: Changing of The Guard
The seasonal gears are shifting. Can you feel it?
Life transitions, day by shorter day, from turbo overdrive of summer to the slow uphill crawl...
FRED FIRST: Tending The Melodies of A Lifetime
The advent of the COVID weeks, then months, then years wreaked untold hardship and abnormality for humans everywhere. If there is a silver lining...
FRED FIRST: Meeting New Neighbors: Giving Them Names
I noticed this odd creature on our porch this week. Both Seek (by iNaturalist) and Google Lens identify this creature pictured here as a brown rove beetle. I...
