Uncategorized What Can We Learn From Disaster in Japan 16 Mar 201116 Mar 2011 Our planet is suffering an onslaught of natural disasters. Over the past year we have seen floods in Australia, earthquakes in New Zealand, mud slides in Costa Rica, and snow…
Entertainment… How to Make Cheese Danishes 15 Mar 201115 Mar 2011 My family loves cheese danishes and I can make them from crescent rolls, cream cheese, half-n-half, and powdered sugar. That's it! I mentioned them in my post on how to…
Entertainment… Big Walker Mountain Country Store and Lookout Tower 14 Mar 201114 Mar 2011 Just a few miles from our cabin in Bland off highway 52, is Big Walker Mountain Country Store and Lookout Tower. The tower is visible from our deck and our…
Entertainment… Sunrise, Sunset and Virginia 13 Mar 201113 Mar 2011 One of the spectacular perks to being on top of a mountain set inside of a bowl that rests inside the entire mountain range of Jefferson National Forest in Bland,…
Uncategorized Falling Boulder Kills Army Sergeant 12 Mar 201112 Mar 2011 My husband and I followed our normal route to our cabin in Bland, Virginia, but this time as we climbed the steep pass carved from the stony mountain craig through…
Entertainment… An Open Letter to Charlie Sheen 11 Mar 201111 Mar 2011 Dear Charlie, For days I have been watching your descent into a world far removed from normality. Except for the first couple of interviews, I have not sought these out.…
Entertainment… Traveling by Taste Buds 10 Mar 201110 Mar 2011 I was not raised to eat in fast food restaurants. They weren't that available when I was young and whenever we traveled we made friends with people in the general…
Entertainment… Snow Dusted Bland, Virginia 9 Mar 20119 Mar 2011 Sometimes we measure precipitation in inches and sometimes in hours. Such was the case for the weather front that hit Bland, Virginia this past weekend. About three inches of rain…
Entertainment… A Moveable Feast and The Paris Wife 8 Mar 20118 Mar 2011 "If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris…
Uncategorized Monday Morning Disasters 7 Mar 20117 Mar 2011 Calamity! Disaster! Monday morning woes! The farm alarm went off twice last night, followed by the home security alarm, both times, as husband exited without entering codes. Then I downloaded…