Hundred Mountain

A Facebook Exchange Considered as a Script by Beckett.

A touching holiday tale of the missing Baby Jesus and the animal that arrived to help out when it was time for him to be born. Woof. Woof.

I created this video for an event honoring the Winter Solstice, called The Solstice Ball. Consider it my unconventional seasonal greetings to you, a bit of meditative, ruminative imagery and music.

Mobile phone visitors: If you cannot view the video player, watch the video at YouTube at this link: Here’s a quick take video slideshow by your faithful citizen of WestVirginiaVille, standing amid the huddled, laughing masses at the Rally to Restore Sanity held today in Washington, D.C., hosted by the inimitable Jon Stewart and Stephen [...]

The Hoopies were out in force at Culturefest 2010, atop a mountain in southern West Virginia.

I have not had much time to blog, much less to breathe, chasing golfers and weaving through crowds without stabbing people in the back with my tripod as I’ve been shooting video for the Charleston Gazette on the PGA Tour at The Greenbrier Classic this week. Here is a video guide to the show going [...]

Quite beautiful and thrilling. A dance of lightning strikes three buildings at once on the Chicago skyline and then fractures and crackles the sky in amazing ways. A reminder that though humans think we rule the Earth, Gaia is still in charge. We are just lodgers in her house. Lightning strikes three of the tallest [...]

I generally distrust video links e-mailed to me from friends and acquaintances that includes a Web address and message like: “From me to you; have a wonderful day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” The multiple exclamation points are the usual give-away that some well-meaning soul, moved to the ends of their toes by a slideshow of rainbow photos and quotes [...]

Some people have too much free time on their hands. But this is fun. UPDATE. ~ OK, I have learned a little more about the provenance of this video, concocted by Improv Everywhere.

Michael Lipton and a host of helpers and backers have done a remarkable job with the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame. Contrary to what you might expect, the state’s now seven-year-old HOF does not exclusively showcase old-time, country and bluegrass musicians, though the Hall’s work obviously spotlights some of the best players in those [...]