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This is a draft of the beginning of a book tentatively titled "Don't You Wonder? A Parent's Nature Companion". The book will have a different format that this single pdf page. More info on my first book at http://slowroadhome.com and visit my blog at http://fragmentsfromfloyd.com

This is a single page bio created to go in Doug Thompson's new studio, Blue Ridge Muse, in Floyd Virginia. Doug will have my photoNoteCards for sale, and eventually, some prints as well. Visit slowroadhome.com for more info!

You're invited to a party for Virginia Forest Watch

This is the early draft first pages of my second book. Please read the preface and look for the book, fall of 2008.

A what-if scenario, coal in your back yard. We should all care.

Fathers Day poem, the kind of thing a dad marvels to discover in a folder forgotten, from a child far away. Use this poem-essay as a model, and let him hear from you this Father's Day, June 17.

I was so hopeful that first Earth Day, April 22, 1970. Who'd have thought we'd be facing problems of such global proportion less than 40 years later.

There are risks in becoming visible. When we expose our greatest hopes and precious things to strangers, we may be thought a fool. But the ordinary treasures we share may touch lives in ways we cannot imagine. This is the story of one hopeful fool.

This is the second set of notecards produced by photographer and Virginia author, Fred First. They will soon be available for purchase. The contact email is at the bottom of the page if you want to get your name on the list for first mailing. (May need to download page image as pdf if it doesn't scale properly.) I'd love to hear from you.

A half-acre vacant lot gave me a sense of wilderness as a boy, and left its mark forever. What are today's children marked by? There's hope that nature can heal some of what ails our "house arrested" generation. Resources provided.