Azalea in Soft Morning Light:  

Selfie of Me in the Mornings Before Coffee:  

Last day of classes at Virginia Tech:  

For want of a co-author: In 1975, a cat co-authored a physics paper.

Texas Tavern: Texas Tavern in Roanoke, Virginia.  A Call for Slow Writing, by Lindsay Waters: In A Call for Slow Writing, Lindsay Waters says:

How Facebook is like Exxon: In many ways, Facebook is like the Exxon of our time — an indispensable tool that everyone despises — Exxon, maybe Comcast, and now Facebook; there’s not a lot of brands like that.