Two national parks, a night sky, “The Soul Tree”, and the poet laureate of the Blue Ridge Parkway …
I receive personal pleasure by creating occasions which bring constellations of memories and relationships into view at one time. An intent on a recent clear evening around 11:00 pm was to execute a test exposure for a motion time-lapse project that I will be doing for Grandfather Mountain this winter. I chose the Waterrock Knob Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway, looking west towards the Smokies. The foreground incidentally included an old fir snag which was the subject material of…