
Thank you America and thank you Barack.
Land of Hope and Dreams
Grab your ticket and your suitcase
Thunder’s rolling down the tracks
You don’t know where you’re goin’
But you know you won’t be back
Darlin’ if you’re weary
Lay your head upon my chest
We’ll take what we can carry
And we’ll leave the rest
Big wheels rolling through fields
Where sunlight streams
Meet me in a land of hope and dreams
I will provide for you
And I’ll stand by your side
You’ll need a good companion for
This part of the ride
Leave behind your sorrows
Let this day be the last
Tomorrow there’ll be sunshine
And all this darkness past
Big wheels roll through fields
Where sunlight streams
Meet me in a land of hope and dreams
This train carries saints and sinners
This train carries losers and winners
This train carries whores and gamblers
This train carries lost souls
Dreams will not be thwarted
Faith will be rewarded
Hear the steel wheels singin’
Bells of freedom ringin’
This train carries broken-hearted,
Thieves and sweet souls departed
This train, carries fools and kings
All aboard
Land of Hope and Dreams lyrics by Bruce Springsteen
Photo courtesy of University of Houston/Dr. Harrell R. Rogers


Earl Triplett Brown, 81, passed away at home on July 22, 2008, following a courageous fight against a long illness. He was born April 21, 1927, in Buncombe County, the youngest son of the late David Worth Brown and Mae Triplett Brown Cole. He was also preceded in death by his older brother, Douglas.
In addition to his wife, survivors include two daughters, Cynthia and husband, Joe, and Caroline and husband, Curt; two sons, Worth and wife, Kathleen, and Anthony; and an aunt, Sue. Survivors also include six grandchildren, D., A., K., G., K., and C. He will be greatly missed by numerous friends and colleagues.




I’m way overdue for a tree of the month selection! This month I picked red horse chestnut, Aseculus x carnea ‘Briotti’. I actually haven’t seen this tree in bloom before and I think it’s quite exotic looking for New England. This is probably as close as we in the Northeast will be able to get to crape myrtles, the ubiquitous blossoming tree seen so often in street plantings and mall parking lots in the South.

Finally, I’m back home and able to blog. But not before going to the Southside Community Land Trust’s plant sale and loading up on organically grown vegetables to plant at my garden plot at Fox Point Community garden.



