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    Finalists for the 7th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition
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  • Mar 13
    Why are the Southern Appalachians the Epicenter for Salamander Diversity?
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  • Mar 27
    Ramp It Up! Festival
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  • Apr 3
    Trout Derby - Blowing Rock, North Carolina Calendar
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  • Apr 24
    McDowell County - Pioneer Day
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  • May 13
    Asheville Bikefest - Blue Ridge Run
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  • Aug 27
    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...


Looking Back on 2006

I have a lot to be thankful for in this past year.

It was a little over a year ago that I stumbled into the online Floyd County community and met (virtually) Fred, Colleen, Doug and David and all of their friends in Floyd County, Va. It was their examples that led me to start this [...]

Photo Friday – 'Best of 2006'

Riding the Ferry on Galveston BayOf all of the photo’s from this year, this is the one the snaps…

The printed version in my office always gets a positive response.

Wednesday Coffee Muses

As I run out the clock on 2006 with some time off at home I find myself falling into my old (very old) ways of late nights and sleeping in mornings. I hope everyone out there reading this made it through the Christmas celebrations well and happy. I know we seem to have lived through [...]

Christmas Morning Muse

“‘Tis the morning of Christmasand all through the housenot a creature is stirringnot even my spouse”

As I sit this morning drinking my coffee and enjoying the still, quiet house I can’t help but remember Christmas’ past. Back before the youngest member of this household was 16 going on 25…In those days you were up half [...]