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April 14, 2025

Biltmore Blooms 2025

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Every year we look forward to going to Biltmore Estate in Asheville to look at the spring flowers. This year was no different but our trip was changed up a bit. We made the decision to take Holly to the vet that morning and already Continue reading →

March 31, 2025

Answered Prayers

Beth Ann Chiles/ North Carolina, Writing/ 9 Comments/ 506

Anxiously waiting For the skies to open up Rain beautiful rain Thanks to all of you out there who read and responded to my post Friday about the wildfires in South and North Carolina. I am thrilled to report that Sunday we finally began to Continue reading →

March 28, 2025

Life (and Blog) Interrupted

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Sometimes life throws a curve ball and you just have to go with it. 6 short months ago we were dealing with Hurricane Helene and now we are dealing with wildfires. Our trip to New Jersey ended with growing concerns about the wildfires that were Continue reading →

March 17, 2025

Another Storm, More Devastation

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I think that it is a pretty normal reaction to get a little bit panicked when a storm is coming and you have already lived through a hurricane. I think it is how our human nature is — if we survive some kind of horrific Continue reading →

March 14, 2025

It’s All About Pi or Is It Pie?

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Every March 14 (3/14), mathematicians, scientists and math lovers around the world celebrate Pi Day, a commemoration of the mathematical sign pi   (π), expressed most simply by the decimals 3.14. It is always fun to see the creative memes and comments that center around Continue reading →

February 12, 2025

Pottery and Books – Valentine’s Day Ideas

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Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching and if you are at a loss for that special thing to do with your beloved I might have a couple of options for you if you live in Brevard, North Carolina. Earlier this week my friend Elaine and I Continue reading →

November 7, 2024

The Things You Can See on Sidewalks

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Way back in the summer Chris and I spent a day in nearby Hendersonville. We love a couple of restaurants on Main Street and the shops are always pretty great so we planned a day just to see what we could see. . We just Continue reading →

August 21, 2024

Backyard Friend

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I have shared many of our backyard friends over the years. We do live in a pretty amazing and beautiful place and count ourselves very, very fortunate to live where we do. One of our favorite visitors is the white squirrel. We have plenty of Continue reading →

July 10, 2024

Waterfall Wednesday – Key Falls

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It’s funny how sometimes the easiest things to do are the things that take the longest to accomplish. Case in point – walking to Key Falls. We finally did it last week. Only took us almost 9 years to view one of the easiest hikes Continue reading →

June 3, 2024

Comments for a Cause – Fresh and Local

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June is here and it is always my pleasure to share at the first of the month the results of our Comments for a Cause and reveal the next recipient for the current month. This has been a project of mine since April of 2011, Continue reading →

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The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users
5 of 5 stars
The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users
by Guy Kawasaki
As always Guy Kawasaki has a great book with great information about all things social media. I highlighted tons of places in this book and it is definitely one that I will come back to time and time again to help me in all of the socia...
Old Girls in Low Cotton
3 of 5 stars
Old Girls in Low Cotton
by Helen Childress
This short book was one that looked like it would be a fun read. I honestly did not enjoy it all that much---it was a lot of characters bickering and while some of the writing was witty and funny it was not that kind of book that made m...
The Good Girl
5 of 5 stars
The Good Girl
by Mary Kubica
I loved this book! It had my interest from the very first page and was my "airplane" book on a recent trip. Author Mary Kubica created believable and interesting characters that the reader learned to identify with and care about. Mi...
All the Light We Cannot See
4 of 5 stars
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
This is quite a book! I had it recommended to me by several people and while I thought it might be a little dark and depressing it made me have a better understanding of what life in this time period was like. The strength of the huma...
An Abundance of Katherines
5 of 5 stars
An Abundance of Katherines
by John Green
Another great book by John Green. I have become a huge fan of John Green since my reading of A Fault in our Stars and this book was another that did not disappoint me at all. It was a story of a child prodigy, a lot of anagrams, and a b...

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