Thanks for visiting my site.  Among the many trades I’ve been a “Jack” of at one time or another are musician, graphic designer, editor, photographer, and writer, although I claim to be master of none.  I receive a regular paycheck, however, as an editor, writer, and photographer for an agricultural publication in Middle Tennessee.  I also tackle the occasional freelance story or photo shoot, and have seen fit to undertake writing a “historical-fiction” novel about an incident that occurred near Carthage, Tennessee sometime in the 19th century.  (Stay-tuned for a release date on that...)  Still interested?  Click on “Bio” at the top of this page.

LEFT: On the Greenbrier, Tenn., farm of Frank Ellis, 91-year-old Carney Payne feeds fresh-cut sorghum cane into a 1930s-era mill powered by a Haflinger stock horse.  Five hours later, the sorghum juice, cooked over a wood fire, became sweet sorghum syrup, commonly referred to as molasses.