Deep(ish) Thoughts

John Ellington

Aug 236 min

Would You Do It Again?

Are you familiar with the Butterfly Effect? It is a term closely associated with an obscure branch of physics called Chaos Theory. Maybe...

John Ellington

Feb 196 min

My Most Respected Profession - Dairy Farming

Anyone who has read Whispering Winds of Appalachia knows that one of the main characters, and arguably my favorite character, is the son...

John Ellington

Feb 54 min

The Only Way not to Achieve Your Dream is to not Dream in the First Place

I wrote this quote on the inside cover of the first proof copy of my novel "Whispering Winds of Appalachia" around a month ago. After the...

John Ellington

Jan 74 min

Whisper Winds, I'm Never Coming Home - The Haunting Spirit of Nature

Whisper Winds, running through my hair Don't know why you're going, and I can't say where Take my hand into the great unknown Whisper...

John Ellington

Dec 27, 20234 min

The Real Gems of Appalachia

Close your eyes and pretend like it's March of 2020. What were you doing? Who were you with? Where were you? Most of us don't like to...

John Ellington

Dec 23, 20232 min

Use the Old to Recharge the New

My name is John Ellington, and I am a practicing small animal veterinarian (technically I am between jobs after moving 2400 miles). If...