When I was 69

Thanks to HecateDemeter's blog ...she says it so well! A reminder that roses will still be blooming, no matter how our lives may cha...

Last year I traced some of my Irish roots... here's that post. This year I just want to share a bit of joy...we're alive today. We...

I am hunkered down, except a couple of outings that cannot be postponed. Here in NC our cars have yearly tags which means paying taxes to ...

Since taking this photo at church last year, and this Sunday the church service is canceled because of Covid-19 virius...I gladly share th...

Since I've been a cat lover most of my life, I've only tried being a dog owner a few times.  But I had an old sepia photo of one of ...

From another year, Lilies of the Valley. And today I saw this! A Bradford Pear has decided it's spring. And this! (With all the...

A recent follow-up-visit with the Dr. changed my meds...he added a new one that should have side-effects - meaning more bathroom visits than...

It's now March 11, 2020. I've watched (and sometimes intentionally not watched) my local news stations, (and some national/internati...

So I'm perched on the side of a steep hill. Nothing like a mountain. But it's called Blue Ridge Road. The drainage of course seeks...

 I like how the clouds bringing rain always come from over the ridge to the south. The rain had fallen for a while, so a blue sky was ...

In two hours I've finished the wash and dry, and folded everything. Then packed them into that little green and purple cart that stand...

It's set back from the road, up on a tall hill, overlooking both Old US 70, and the newer US 70, and the railroad running from east to...

FaceBook posted: June 27, 2019   ·  This photograph - taken February 5, 1949 - shows members of Camp 970, Woodmen o...

A renovated building, just as you approach downtown Black Mountain, crossing the railroad tracks, has been under construction for months. ...

A kind of Faux English Village setting, with various condos and homes, and a few shops and restaurants, on Highway 9 just as it begins to ...

 When visiting my eye doctor, as I drove away, there's the typical mobile home near the road. In the mountains many people these days ...