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December 16, 2021

It’s All About Gingerbread

Beth Ann Chiles/ North Carolina, Travel/ 22 Comments/ 385

Chris and I took a great day trip to the Omni Grove Park Inn in Asheville this week to take in the National Gingerbread House Competition. This year the event is back “in person” and guests can view the creations up close and personal instead Continue reading →

December 9, 2021

Face Jugs – Pottery at Its Best

Beth Ann Chiles/ Products, Travel/ 12 Comments/ 1668

One of the things that I love to look at the most when I look at pottery is the art of making face jugs. Face jugs come in all shapes and sizes and I have seen my share of different ones over the years. When Continue reading →

December 8, 2021

Seagrove, NC – A Pottery Lover’s Dream

Beth Ann Chiles/ Travel/ 34 Comments/ 800

If you are a pottery lover the town of Seagrove, North Carolina is a destination. Seagrove boasts well over 100 potters in the area and the quaint town is the epicenter of all things pottery. Many of the shops are open year round for visitors Continue reading →

December 2, 2021

Toes in the Sand

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Of course it is no secret that I love the beach. Fortunately I have a husband who realizes that being at the beach several times a year helps keep me happy and he is always willing to make those trips happen. We knew we would Continue reading →

October 27, 2021

Out and About in Southport, North Carolina

Beth Ann Chiles/ North Carolina, Travel/ 10 Comments/ 517

Our recent trip to Southport, North Carolina was pretty wonderful. We had visited this town years ago and while I remember liking the town and the area then I really liked it even more this time. I recently shared a post of some of the Continue reading →

October 25, 2021

Tips for Driving the Blue Ridge Parkway

Beth Ann Chiles/ North Carolina, Photography, Travel/ 14 Comments/ 595

As you could tell from my last post we drove part of the Blue Ridge Parkway last week. We drove it during the week (the good part of having a husband who has his own consulting business and can schedule things himself) and while it Continue reading →

October 22, 2021

Fall Foliage on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Beth Ann Chiles/ North Carolina, Photography, Travel/ 18 Comments/ 596

Just a few pictures today to share a bit of the color on the Blue Ridge Parkway this past week. While some areas were bursting with color, other areas were not. It just depends of where you are driving and what elevation you are traveling Continue reading →

October 18, 2021

Good Eating at Southport, North Carolina

Beth Ann Chiles/ Food, North Carolina, Travel/ 16 Comments/ 1459

Eating out is always high on my list when we are on vacation and with the pandemic we have changed our eating out routine a bit. We always liked to eat outside but now it is almost a must for us. Even though we are Continue reading →

October 8, 2021

Lakeside – My Happy Place ll

Beth Ann Chiles/ Photography, Travel/ 14 Comments/ 528

More pictures and memories from Lakeside, Ohio to share with you today. Enjoy. I absolutely love how this house is decorated. Hoover Auditorium is the hub of Lakeside. Even though we could not go inside this time it still stands as the anchor of the Continue reading →

October 7, 2021

Lakeside – My Happy Place

Beth Ann Chiles/ Photography, Travel/ 12 Comments/ 482

The next two days (or more) I decided to take the easy way out and just post pictures of my happy place, Lakeside, Ohio. As I shared yesterday my entire family rented a couple of houses and spent the week together following my Mother’s Celebration 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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