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Dolomite Quarry

      Dolomite is found in sedimentary basins worldwide. It is thought to have formed by magnesium-rich groundwater’s post-depositional alteration of lime mud and limestone.  Dolomite and limestone are used in similar ways. They are crushed and used as…

Tree Loss

As one travels along the 469 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway, dead trees are highly noticeable when found among the surrounding thick forest. Numerous causes of tree losses can occur, including climate change, resettling air pollution from other regions…

Eastern Sky and Clouds

    I’m grateful for the much-needed rain that Post Tropical Cyclone Debby amply provided as it passed through the area yesterday. The weather apps indicate it rained about five inches here, but that seems high from my post-observation, at…

Lost

“Sometimes when you lose your way in the fog, you end up in a beautiful place! Don’t be afraid of getting lost!”– Mehmet Murat Ildan…

Imagine

“We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.” Lucius Annaeus Seneca Of course, in this day and age and in the next four years, it’s easy to imagine many possible terrible things…

Looking Back Ten

      “Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it.”― L.M. Montgomery Ten years ago, on this date, in 2014, we were nearing the end of a nine-day road trip through northern Spain. The…