This week's Substack is inspired by the day my dad turned me into a geranium thief. Some bloomscrolling instead of doomscrolling will do us all some good.
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#bloomscrolling #vincentprice #flowers
01.03.2026 13:29 β
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Yes please!
28.02.2026 19:49 β
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A Great Blue Heron on the great Blue Ridge Parkway. February 28, 2017. #heron #blueridgeparkway #greatblueheron #bird #alonthisroad
28.02.2026 19:10 β
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A #bluesky miracle in New Mexico. Another filling station along Interstate 40. February 27, 2014. #route66 #milagro #newmexicotrue #vintagesign
27.02.2026 15:49 β
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My favorite tree in this neighborhood. My friendβs family gave it to her as Mothers Day sapling over 30 years ago. Now itβs a magnificent first harbinger of spring. Not yet this year but it was in full glory on February 26, 2023. #pink #spring #tuliptree #bloom #bloomscrolling #wnc #alongthisroad
26.02.2026 13:52 β
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View from the East Bay. February 25, 2016. #sanfrancisco #eastbay #bridge #bluesky #bayarea #alongthisroad
25.02.2026 21:30 β
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Have you seen Rock City? I have. Chattanooga TN. February 24, 2017. #seerockcity #rockcity #chattanooga #alongthisroad
24.02.2026 18:04 β
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Always a great stop #alongthisroad in Southern Utah. Monticello UT. February 23, 2019.
#utah #southwesth #bluesky #arch #prism #redrock #bigview
23.02.2026 18:39 β
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Nemesis
Love = Balance
This week's along this road Substack post is inspired by a sermon on self-centeredness by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
#alongthisroad #selfcenteredness #chooselove #martinlutherkingjr #nemesis
22.02.2026 12:34 β
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In honor of her birthday, hereβs a very Diane Arbus pic of my mother and me waiting for a train #alongthisroad. Itβs the companion pic to the mystery photo I posted last week. #familyphotos #1960s #vintagelosangeles
20.02.2026 16:54 β
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I like how the clouds look more like mountains than the mountains do. Joshua Tree CA. February 19, 2010. #joshuatree #nature #bluesky #desert #travel #alongthisroad
19.02.2026 18:58 β
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A sweet House Finch in Santa Fe NM. February 18, 2015. #birds #housefinch #finch #alongthisroad
18.02.2026 14:18 β
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Blue sky and one bud starting to open in Austin TX on February 17, 2016. #hope #spring #bluesky #austin #alongthisroad
17.02.2026 16:11 β
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The Mirage
Love. . .Together
Inspired by President Lincoln and Olympic athletes, today's post unpacks the mirage of otherness in yet another exhortation for us all to Choose Love. #chooselove #presidentsday #enddivision #differenttogether #alongthisroad
16.02.2026 12:57 β
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One of my favorite bridges at dusk. The George Washington Bridge β NYC to New Jersey. February 15, 2018. #nyc #bridge #gwbridge #alongthisroad #blur #dusk #urbanphotography
15.02.2026 12:38 β
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One of my fave food trucks. Austin TX. February 14, 2018. #foodtruck #urbanphotography #austintx #alongthisroad #keepaustinweird
14.02.2026 14:13 β
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Early pink flowers and blue skies on February 13, 2023 in Western North Carolina. #alongthisroas #bluesky #pinkflowers #spring
13.02.2026 15:39 β
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Almost all goats in Western North Carolina descend from Carl Sandburgβs goats. π February 12, 2022. #goat #wnc #alongthisroad
12.02.2026 23:22 β
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New Mexico: Where the antelope play! February 11, 2016. #antelope #newmexicotrue #alongthisroad
11.02.2026 23:27 β
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My award-winning location manager friend Todd figured it out. Anyone else?
10.02.2026 16:29 β
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Something different today. Couldnβt find a good photo taken on February 10 but this was scanned on February 10, 2018. Taken in the late 1960s. Iβm about to get on a train. But where? Any guesses? #vintagephoto #trains #mysterylocation #1960s #americana #alongthisroad
10.02.2026 14:38 β
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The pure possibility of meditation. Asian Art Museum. San Francisco CA. February 9, 2013. #meditation #art #asianart #buddha #alongthisroad
09.02.2026 15:55 β
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Spring started early last year in Western North Carolina. #starmagnolia #wnc #alongthisroad
08.02.2026 19:53 β
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Not Everything is Lost
A Poem for Now
I started three different posts this week β and they all felt heavy. I need a break from heavy. How about you? Hereβs a poem of hope and healing for heavy times by the extraordinary Naomi Shihab Nye.
#poetry #hope #inspiration #naomishihabnye #alongthisroad
07.02.2026 13:43 β
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Gnarled juniper in the Petrified Forest AZ. 2017.
#alongthisroad #trees
06.02.2026 19:29 β
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I swear I randomly came upon this Santa Fe postcard shot on a walk. February 5, 2020. #santafe #adobe #ristra #redchile #winters #vintagetruck #newmexico #newmexicotrue #alingthisroad
05.02.2026 15:07 β
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I always know Iβm back in my hometown when I pass the iconic giant donut after leaving LAX. February 4, 2023. #vintagelosangeles #socal #losangeles #travel #alongthisroad
04.02.2026 12:12 β
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