Author: Rich Horner
Ward Bayou Wildlife Mgt. Area
April 24, 2026 Beautiful morning Ward Bayou Wildlife Management Area is one of our most frequent and productive nature areas to visit. When both gates are open, there are two distinct routes, the main gravel road has ditches and water ways that often has waders, hawks, migrators, and an occasional owl. The north road leads…
Logtown – Nature, birds, & Birding Friends
April 22, 2026 Logtown is such a unique spot for birding; the mix of bottomland hardwoods and that eerie “ghost town” history makes for a great backdrop. It was a beautiful day, GREAT Birding and we ran into several birding friends. Logtown, Mississippi: From Timber Giant to Silent Buffer A Century of Sawdust In the…
My Journey through Connie: A Memoir by Connie Chung
April 23, 2026 The Reading Journey: Pushing Through the “Middle” Featured Recommendation: Connie: A Memoir by Connie Chung The “Observer’s” Log: Why I Almost Quit I’ll be honest: about two-thirds of the way through Connie Chung’s memoir (around Chapter 25), I almost set it aside. After hours of listening to her account of the high-stakes…
And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
By Jon Meacham Narrated by: Jon Meacham Genre: Non-Fiction / Biography / History Posted April 21, 2026 No-Spoiler Synopsis This is not a cradle-to-grave biography in the traditional sense. Instead, Meacham focuses on the moral and spiritual evolution of Abraham Lincoln. It tracks how a man born into a frontier “backwater” developed a rigorous conscience…
So, Anyway
I recommend this book for the classic “tongue in cheek” British humor of it’s author, John Cleese (Cheese). It calls to fans of the wacky, outlandish entertainment of the Monty Python era – especially if you’d like relief from the news, heavier reading or just a chance to laugh out loud, who cares who’s looking!…
Breakfast, Birds, & A Walk in Nature
Patty has been wanting to visit the Cosby Arboretum for some time, It is located outside Picayune, near the Mississippi Louisiana state lines. Our friend Ken has some of his images on display and we want to visit while they were still there. Making a day of it , we was at the Mockingbird in…
Connie: A Memoir by Connie Chung
Narrated by: Connie Chung Genre: Memoir / Autobiography / Journalism History Posted April 23, 2026 A Note on the Journey: This wasn’t an easy listen for me. About two-thirds of the way through, I hit a wall with the tone of the narrative. I had to stop and process whether the “pity party” I was…
#10 – The Turning Point We May Be Living Through
Living With AI Looking back at history, certain moments stand out as turning points. When electricity began spreading through cities, it transformed industry, transportation, and daily life. The arrival of personal computers changed how offices functioned. The internet reshaped communication and information access across the world. At the time those changes began, they were not…
Bird Banding
Dauphin Island Wednesday I had planned to go fishing on the Bird Barge, with Byron, Ray and Mike, but Mother Nature had other plans, blowing 15 to 20 MPH out of the northeast. Though the fish would likely not notice, the four of us would have been bounced about the Mississippi Sound like a cork.…
A Gentleman in Moscow By Amor Towles
A book that has been on my shelf for years that was recommended below by AI Gemini who does most of my book and literary research. No-Spoiler Synopsis In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov—an unrepentant aristocrat—is hauled before a Bolshevik tribunal. While many of his peers are executed, the Count is sentenced to house arrest for…
