That meant shifting the postings about the ancestors that I've added to this blog in the last month. I've got a whole lot more over here, from last year going back 6 years or so. I don't think I'll shift them all! The family history blog can be the place I store information (and pictures and documents) that I want available without going to the Ancestry site (which is a leased site).
Today I'm getting into shifting my activities as well.
I'm volunteering in different venues for the rest of the summer. Instead of spending time (and money) daily to make pottery, I'm going to work as a docent in the Swannanoa Valley History Museum. I think I need to focus on my interest in history and genealogy for this wonderful little town of Black Mountain, and the area around it in western North Carolina. The Western North Carolina area is so distinct that most people use Capital letters to designate it, or just say WNC.
It's mainly mountains, and wonderful valleys, and a few towns with Asheville as one that gets to city status. It has enveloped several of the smaller towns around it, but Black Mountain stays distinct.
This morning I sip my coffee as I listen to Marina Raye's flute music, and birds out the open windows...and a bit of traffic away in the background. Occasionally a train rumbles past and toots its noisy whistle at the crossing of Blue Ridge Road. Yes, who knew that I'd retire and actually live on a road by that name...which elicits the nearby parkway which is a national park.
So that is where my thoughts are this morning. I'll also go sign up to volunteer at the Old Depot in Black Mountain, where I already have my pottery for sale. It just makes sense!
I've put the Old Depot volunteer job on hold for now. Will see how it goes in the next 2 weeks changing my place to do pottery to my living room rather than the community studio. I know I'll miss my friends there!
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