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    Finalists for the 7th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition
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    Why are the Southern Appalachians the Epicenter for Salamander Diversity?
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    Ramp It Up! Festival
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    Trout Derby - Blowing Rock, North Carolina Calendar
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    McDowell County - Pioneer Day
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    Asheville Bikefest - Blue Ridge Run
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    Music On The Mountaintop Festival
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"It is a beautiful book with gorgeous color pictures. Text boxes detailing a particular subject such as rhododendrons or Daniel Boone are sprinkled throughout. But why did they have to use black text on a dark purple background for these boxes? They are so difficult to read. Except for that shortcoming, this book is meant to be used, not to be left on the bookshelf. I take my copy wherever I think I am going to be on the Parkway. As for the answers to the questions above? Check pages 120, 129 and 108, respectively."

I couldn't agree more...


Bush Says 'America Loses' Under Democrats – washingtonpost.com

Reading the news over my morning coffee

It looks like the “Decider-in-Chief” has made another decision. Now a vote in our democracy is treasonous if it isn’t cast for a Republican. If you vote for a Democrat you are aiding and abetting the terrorists. How long now before your vote can cause you to be considered [...]

Monday Coffee Reads

Monday Coffee ReadsIf nothing else, this op-ed from the Washington Post has one of the best lines on the Bush Administration and Climate Change I have seen in a while.
Changing Climate on Climate – washingtonpost.com: “Indeed, it is difficult to imagine that the intransigence of Mr. Bush’s administration on climate change will long survive his [...]

Falling back…

After sleeping in, on this fall back Sunday, I spent the morning doing the email, political blog rant, cussing Blogger errors kind of thing. Then I did the morning talk shows before turning my interest to reading my way through my blogroll. Creek Running North was at the top of my list today, so I [...]

Fall Color

Even in Texas we get one tree out of 20 – 30 acres that will show fall coloring this time of year… The only real problem is…It’s tough to hold the camera steady as you beat yourself trying to kill the swarm of mosquitoes that is carrying you off over the standing water from the past [...]