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Jess, thank you again for inviting me into your home and letting me take over. Your daughters are just adorable and I love getting to see you! I hope you enjoy these images as much as I do!

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My Grandfather kept diaries most of his life.  I post a month each Monday.

Sunday, February 1, 1903
It has been cloudy nearly all day and quite a heavy fog came up tonight.
I took the milk up to the factory this morning but did not go to Sunday School.

Monday, February 2, 1903
It has been partly cloudy and partly fair today.  The roads were very muddy in the daytime but froze up towards night.
I walked home after school after playing two practice games of basketball.
Papa went up town on the cars after supper tonight.

Tuesday, February 3, 1903
It has been snowing very hard all day and a very hard east wind has been blowing all the time which drifted the snow so bad that the electric cars have hardly run at all.
I walked up to school this morning and back again tonight.

Wednesday, February 4, 1903
It snowed most of the forenoon but stopped about noon and has been cloudy all the afternoon.
I walked to school this morning and back again tonight.  I played basketball for a while after school.

Thursday, February 5, 1903
It has been a very nice day today.
I walked to school this morning but caught a ride home tonight.
Papa went up town on the cars after supper.  Mrs. Hill went home for a visit this morning and Mrs. Sidey from Grandma’s came out to stay while she is gone.

Friday, February 6, 1903
It has been partly cloudy and partly nice today.
I walked to school this morning and back again tonight.  I played basketball a little while after school tonight.
Eleanor came home tonight from Lombard to stay a few days because there is smallpox at the college.
Papa and Louise went up to a supper given at the Universalist Church at which the men were the waiters, Pa being one of them.

Saturday, February 7, 1903
It has been snowing nearly all day.
I took the milk up to the factory this morning.  I went to a basketball game this afternoon between Syc and Elgin.  The latter beat by a score of 30 to 29.
After supper I [went] with quite a large crowd to see the Syc Girls pay the DeKalb Normal 1st team.  The latter beat by a score of 7 to 2.  After the game I went up to a dance in Armory Hall at DeKalb with Mae Hohm and two other couples in our crowd.  We came home at 12 o’clock.
Papa went into Chicago at 11.07 A.M. and came back tonight.  I took him up to the train.
Eleanor andLouise went over to see the DeKalb game tonight.

Sunday, February 8, 1903
It has been a nice day today.
I took the milk up to the factory this morning and went to Sunday School at noon.

Monday, February 9, 1903
It has been a nice day and the snow has melted quite a good deal.
I walked to and from school.
Papa went up town on the cars after supper.  It is mamas birthday today and she would have been thirty-nine years old.

Tuesday, February 10, 1903
It has been partly cloudy and partly nice day and the snow has been melting very fast.
I rode to school this morning but walked home tonight.  I played basketball for a while after school tonight.
Papa and Uncle Fred went to Esmond today on business.
It is Grandma Townsend’s birthday today and she is 64 years old.

Wednesday, February 11, 1903
It has been partly cloudy and partly nice today and it is getting colder tonight.
Papa and Eleanor went up to Dan Wild’s for supper tonight.  The electric cars now run regularly every hour leaving DeKalb on the hour and Sycamore on the half hour.
Usually the first car leaves DeKalb at 6 A.M. and the last leaves Sycamore at 11.30 P.M.

Thursday, February 12, 1903
It has been cloudy all day today.
I walked up to school this morning and back again tonight.
Papa went up town after supper on the cars.

Friday, February 13, 1903
It has been partly cloudy and partly nice today.
I walked up town this morning to take the milk to the customers and then back again.
I walked part of the way up town this afternoon and all of the way back.
There was no school today because there was a teacher’s institute at Sycamore.

Saturday, February 14, 1903
It has been cloudy all day and it commenced to snow about five o’clock tonight.
I took the milk up to the factory this morning and then went up to the school house and played basketball for a while.  I staid home all of the afternoon.
Papa went up town on the cars after supper.

Sunday, February 15, 1903
It snowed all last night and all today but the snow is very fine and has not amounted to much.  A strong north wind has drifted it a good deal.
I took the milk up to the factory this morning but did not go to Sunday School.
Papa, Eleanor and Louise went to Uncle George Wild’s for dinner today.

Monday, February 16, 1903
It has been a clear day,but very cold being 5º below this morning and only 5º above at noon.
I walked to and from school and played basketball for a while after school.
Eleanor went back to Lombard tonight.  Papa went up town on the cars after supper tonight.

Tuesday, February 17, 1903
It has been a nice day only very cold as it was 15º below this morning.
I walked to and from school.
Mae Hohn, Bess Branen and Marion Van Galder came out to see Louise after supper.

Wednesday, February 18, 1903
It has been a clear day but very cold with the wind blowing strongly from the northwest.
I walked to and from school.
Louise goes to and from school on the cars nearly every morning but I walk and George and Edward usually walk but they rode home on the car tonight.

Thursday, February 19, 1903
It has been cloudy nearly all day and has snowed a little but the snow has not amounted to anything.
I walked to and from school.  I went to a dance tonight with Mae Hohn and had a very nice time.

Friday, February 20, 1903
It was clear this morning but it clouded up this afternoon.
I walked up to school this morning and home tonight.
I umpired a practice game of basketball after school between the 1st and 2nd teams.

Saturday, February 21, 1903
It has been cloudy most of the time today.
I took the milk up to the factory this morning.
This afternoon I rode up town to see a double basketball game between Wheaton Girls and Syc. H. S. Girls and between the 1st and 2nd teams of boys of S. H. S.  The Wheaton Girls beat by a score of 10 to 7 and the first team of boys beat by a score of 22 to 14.  After the game I walked home.

Sunday, February 22, 1903
It has been partly nice and partly cloudy today.
I took the milk up to the factory this morning.
I walked to and fromSunday School at noon.
Uncle Will came out late this afternoon and staid for supper.

Monday, February 23, 1903
It has been cloudy all day and it snowed for a short time this morning.
I walked to and from school.
Papa went up town after supper on the cars and Louise went up to a musical given at the Waterman Hall.

Tuesday, February 24, 1903
It has been a very nice day.
I rode to school in the buggy but walked home after school.  I played basketball for a while after school.
There was an auction sale on the Coolidge farm today.  Papa used to tend to this farm but Uncle Fred rented it and Papa will quit managing it now.

Wednesday, February 25, 1903
It has been a very nice day.  I rode both to and from school.
Papa went up town after supper tonight but came back early.

Thursday, February 26, 1903
It has been a nice day.
I rode to school this morning but walked half of the way home tonight and then caught a ride.
I played basketball for a little while after school tonight.

Friday, February 27, 1903
It rained nearly all of last night and a little while this morning.  It has been cloudy all the rest of the day and so warm that most of the snow  is melted.
I played basketball for a little while after school.
Eleanor Townsend came out with Louise after school to stay all night.

{Eleanor Townsend is Amos’ cousin and daughter of Mary Boynton and Fred Townsend.}

Saturday, February 28, 1903
It has been cloudy all day and a cold north wind has been blowing with a little snow.
I took the milk up to the factory this morning and then played basketball for a while.
I staid home all the afternoon but after supper I went up town to a basketball game between Syc. H. S. and DeKalb Normal First Team.  Sycamore beat in a very close and exciting game by a score of 18 to 15 but their capt. was disqualified in the last half.

The view shortly after sunrise from Foothills Parkway on a beautiful fall morning

I’ve already mentioned that Foothills Parkway is my favorite sunrise spot in the Smokies. This image is more evidence as to why I love it so much. Shortly after sunrise, the morning light spills over the landscape illuminating the ridges, valleys, fog, and foliage of the southwestern corner of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. With the sun low on the horizon and the fall colors nearing their peak, the conditions can be spectacular. In this image you can see that the color is consistently vibrant from the valley floor to this location several hundred feet higher.

The fog was already dissipating at this time, but for a few glorious moments all the elements came together to create a beautiful scene. Enjoy.

Fog hangs in the valleys of the Smokies as viewed from Foothills Parkway

In lieu of a major fall trip to a remote location, I decided to take two three-day weekends in the southern Appalachians to satisfy my unquenchable thirst for new images. Fall is my favorite time of the year and I enjoy every minute I can looking for great images in beautiful locations. The first trip was to western North Carolina through Asheville and Boone. The second trip was to Townsend, Tennessee near the southwestern part of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

I’ve visited Townsend often for several different reasons. First of all Townsend is not Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, or Cherokee. I’m sure there are great people who live in those towns, but the traffic in the fall is unbearable and competes with the peace and solitude found in the park itself. Second, Townsend is literally on the park’s doorstep. I can be in the park from any hotel in Townsend in less than ten minutes. My favorite stream in the park can be reached two minutes after entering the park. Finally, the drive from my home to Townsend can be done in less than four hours and there are a variety of ways to travel. Other than the interstate route, virtually all of those drives can be as beautiful as the park itself.

Ironically, this image isn’t from Townsend or from the park. It is *of* the park though. About twenty minutes west of Townsend, you can access Foothills Parkway. A short way up the parkway there are two pull-outs that offer magnificent views of the park to the east. It is the best sunrise spot I know of in the area. It’s common to see dozens of photographers lined up at the pull-out waiting for the sun to rise. Fortunately, the pull-out is quite long and can accommodate that number of photographers and even a few more.

You never know what actual sunrise conditions will be. Low lying clouds or the mountains can block the sun as it hovers over the horizon. Or, a clear day can yield a flat, bright sunrise that is totally uninteresting photographically speaking.

On this morning the actual sunrise wasn’t particularly colorful. However, it was cool enough that a bit of fog had formed in the valleys below. Although the fog dissipated quickly after the sun’s rays reached the valley floor, the fog moved through and up the valleys enough to make for some interesting images. This image was taken before sunrise or at least before the sun rose over the mountains. The sun had risen far enough to create some interesting color in the morning sky. It also created enough reflected light that the fog was illuminated against the still dark mountain ridges. Even though I like to capture riotous color and grand landscapes something about the subtlety of this image conveys peace and tranquility to me. I hope it does to you as well. Enjoy.

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Spurs beat Coventry by 3 goals to nil in the 3^rd round of the FA Cup, however, crucially it marked the return to fitness of midfield stalwart Scott Parker and popular full back Benoit Assou-Ekotto. Clint Dempsey scored twice and Gareth Bale once as Spurs ran out comfortable winners in the end, seemingly treating it like a training exercise at some points (or for Ade, the whole game).

AVB chose to field a weakened XI, making eight changes from the side that beat Reading 3-1 on Tuesday, to face Coventry, correctly thinking that we could win even with a few of the reserves in the side. Spurs started well, dominating the first half and notching up 3 goals – including a goal from a corner! Our first goal came when Clint slotted home a Bale flick on from a Gylfi free kick in the 14^th minute, and 19 minutes later we made it two when Bale himself tapped in a deflected Dempsey strike – shortly after beating 5 players in an incredible run before firing wide. And just 5 minutes before half time, 2 became 3 when Dempsey looped a seemingly-weak header over everyone and into the near post of the Coventry goal from a Bale corner.

The second half seemed to be more about giving squad players game time and giving Scotty a standing ovation than anything else. Townsend came on for Bale – saving him for the crucial league match away at Loftus Road (now moved to Saturday) – before Carroll came on for the lively Gylfi Sigurdsson and Mousa Dembele further completed his gradual return to fitness with a 10 minute cameo at the expense of Scott Parker – who had an excellent game. It was great to see him back in the side and his leadership and commitment qualities will be crucial to Spurs over the next 5 months, one thinks.

A good performance against an admittedly poor Coventry side, but into the 4^th round we march, with the draw at 3.30 this afternoon.

Views on the game? Who underperformed? Who shone for Spurs? Comment below…

I would like to suggest that writers are often influenced by music. Read any Stephen King novel if you don’t believe me. For my style in particular, I find that certain sounds get me into the mindset of what I am trying to write. Furthermore, I try to experiment; I don’t listen to the same artist over and over, and I attempt to find sounds that make me think.

Some say you should listen to music before you write, some say during, and some say after. I say that it is all up to you. Anyway, I will post a few songs that put me in different mindsets.

1. Danko Jones – “Baby Hates Me.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM-C7EgHxE4

2. Falling Up – “Contact”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4UyP0pkfeY

3. Coheed and Cambria – “Domino”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0ogODyzUNM

4. Devin Townsend – “Ghost”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmGpVN7xag0

So this is just a sample of the diversity of music I have found, but all of it helps me create moods of characters, and think in a different way than I may have before. And some of it is just fun to listen to.

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