family… Easter Week and Decorating the Graves 20 Apr 201120 Apr 2011 What does Easter mean to you? For Christians it is the most important time of the year. We follow Christ through Palm Sunday - singing Hosannas - -and into the…
family… At Grandparents’ House 19 Apr 201119 Apr 2011 Yesterday I went to the house that was the home of my paternal grandparents. Though we all still own it, my oldest uncle likes to putter about there. So nobody…
Entertainment… Hunting Wild Mushrooms 18 Apr 201118 Apr 2011 There are some mushrooms that you can seek out in the forest without a lot of intricate knowledge. They are known as morels and are highly prized, expensive, earthy, delicious…
landscape… After The Storm Passes 17 Apr 201117 Apr 2011 Even a storm emotes beauty here in The Jefferson National Forest. The wind that tore through the valley of Bland, Virginia - which sits like a child snuggled up in…
family… Inside of a Wind Storm 16 Apr 201116 Apr 2011 We arrived at our cabin in Virginia beneath menacing clouds. The wind kicked up with ever increasing speed. A grouse, disturbed from its safety, tried to race across the field…
Uncategorized Why Should You Support Your Local Farmer? 15 Apr 201115 Apr 2011 Last night I had dinner with a farming association which was sponsored by a local banking co-op. As members, we receive a portion of the bank's earnings, called patronage refunds.…
Uncategorized Studying Abroad 14 Apr 201114 Apr 2011 Six months ago I attended a writing workshop in France - 'Writing from the Heart...in the Heart of Champagne' - held twice a year by teacher, writer, and editor Janet…
Uncategorized What I Learned From Working At A Cemetery 13 Apr 201113 Apr 2011 There is a look I always receive whenever I tell someone that I have worked at a cemetery. I always want to say: "Hey, I wasn't personally digging the graves…
Uncategorized 150th Anniversary of Start of Civil War 12 Apr 201112 Apr 2011 Today marks the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War, prompted by shots fired at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, just off the coast of Charleston. It's eerie to…
family… Do Places Speak To You? 11 Apr 201111 Apr 2011 There have been a few times in my life when I found myself in places that resonated so deeply within me that I seemed to be formed from the earth…
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