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August 27, 2020

Talking Trees and More – Holmes Educational State Forest

Beth Ann Chiles/ North Carolina, Photography, Travel/ 9 Comments/ 22

Chris and I are still exploring places we haven’t visited before in our area. I think this pandemic has helped us to discover local things even more and it makes me happy to be able to do that and share neat places we have discovered Continue reading →

January 30, 2020

A Quick Look at Mountain Bridge Wilderness Area – Caesars Head – Jones Gap

Beth Ann Chiles/ Travel/ 14 Comments/ 24

We live is such a great area for hiking and nature walks. Chris and I finally took time to go explore Caesars Head State Park in South Carolina. We live so close to the South Carolina border that it is easy to access this park Continue reading →

April 7, 2014

That’s A Lot of Bull……Head

Beth Ann Chiles/ Food, Life stories, Travel/ 22 Comments/ 2599

A bit of cabin fever found us on a little adventure! Continue reading →

March 3, 2012

So What Do You Do on a Cold, Windy, Lazy Saturday?

Beth Ann Chiles/ Uncategorized/ 19 Comments/ 2979

I freely admit that I don’t have much of a life right now. It revolves around giving Buddy his medicine 3 times a day, making sure Chris takes HIS medicine a couple times a day, Tuck in laundry, cleaning, cooking and the occasional writing escapade Continue reading →

September 3, 2011

What Will I Miss?

Beth Ann Chiles/ Family, Thoughts/ 11 Comments/ 2629

What will I miss when I leave Mason City??? These are the top ten things! Continue reading →

Beth's bookshelf: read

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

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

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

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

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...

Tag Archives: outdoors

Talking Trees and More – Holmes Educational State Forest

A Quick Look at Mountain Bridge Wilderness Area – Caesars Head – Jones Gap

That’s A Lot of Bull……Head

So What Do You Do on a Cold, Windy, Lazy Saturday?

What Will I Miss?

Comments for a Cause – Giving Help Where Needed

Comments for a Cause – College Loyalty

Comments for a Cause – Saving Sight Through Research and Education

A Reason for Jubilee – Comments for a Cause

Comments for a Cause – Caring for Others

Honoring My Mom with Comments for a Cause

Comments for a Cause – The Love of Books

Comments for a Cause – A Bit of Nostalgia

Comments for a Cause for the New Year

Comments for A Cause – Sharing Where Needs are Great

Comments for a Cause – Supporting First Responders

Comments for a Cause Goes Pink

Comments for a Cause: #IowaStrong

Comments for a Cause – Sharing With the Community

Comments for a Cause – Fill the Bus

Beth's bookshelf: read