I am a 54 year old disabled veteran. I still work full time and am the father of 4 grown women and grandfather to 7 grandkids(soon to be 8). I have lived in East Tennessee for 20 years and am still captivated by these old foothills.
+ more bio informationI sat in the pew stunned, outside myself, and empty. People moved all around me but I was unaware, even the sounds were muted as if coming through the glass walls of a bell jar. I had known for months that it was coming. My fathers cancer had a horrible and predicted outcome. I had seen him alive just a few weeks ago when it ... More..
The appreciation of what is around us and our place in it is often overlooked. Many times our leisure activities take advantage of our environment rather than honoring it. The principle of catch and release fishing minimizes impact on our natural world. It allows us to be aware of the ebb and flow of nature and our place in ... More..
Day Tripper: SistersSisters, by any other name they would still be friends. Intent on each other and serious about their play, every tiny drama treated as if it is the most important thing in the universe.The rusty tricycle is their focus at this moment. Who will push and who will steer, and from where the ride will begin. Th... More..
Day Tripper: HomelessA nameless little girl on a homeless inner city street. She and her mom have just left their seat on the cold, damp sidewalk underneath the bridge. Half a dozen shivering adults share that covered area but very little else. A tall craggy fellow in a straw cowboy hat and ripped, dirty jeans rolls a cigaret... More..
Adventure on a Creek TrailDay Tripper: Adventure on a Creek TrailA cloudy Saturday morning, a few hours to kill, a new camera and a old truck. Hardly a recipe for adventure, but maybe I am thinking to big.I begin to prowl the side roads near my home in Powell just off Clinton Highway, past the landlord's house down toward the... More..
Sam van Almen
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