
My fall garden is producing a bumper crop of radishes, greens, and turnips. I made sure to plant my seeds on the appropriate day-dictated by the zodiac signs.
Back in the summer I attempted a sign test and a few folks played along. The test didn't really work out-first, I was unorganized and waited too…
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Added by Tipper on November 8, 2009 at 10:00am —
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I am currently working on a collection of oral histories to be published Fall 2010. If you, or someone you know would be interested in participating in this project, please contact me.
I am specifically looking for subjects 60 and over who have roots in Western North Carolina. It does not matter if you currently live out of state as long as you have access to email as I have completed several interviews for the book by email.
My contact information is...
Dawn McCall
PO Box 262
Rosman, NC 28772
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Added by Dawn McCall on November 4, 2009 at 3:46pm —
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Hi everyone! Hope you'll stop by the
Rose & Thorn - since Angie Ledbetter and I became co-editors/publishers, we've created a new website and newsletter.
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Added by Kathryn Magendie on November 2, 2009 at 2:00pm —
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This is my first blog and i would like to write a few sentences regarding hostels. Hostels are a fantastic way to see the world on a low budget. From the cheapest to the more grand there is something to accommodate every taste and plan. The great thing regarding
backpacker hostels is that tons of university students flock to them because they are cheap and entertaining so there is always plenty of student travelers around to party with!
In most every other…
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Added by Peter on October 27, 2009 at 6:09pm —
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Editor’s note: This is a work of autobiographical fiction. Some of the facts have been changed to protect the dumb, foolish and outright scared.
I was taken to the craft store the other day searching for Halloween costume brick-a brack. Two other wusses, I mean men were there and they were obviously terrified.
As they were pulled along by their female captors they had anxious fearful looks on their faces which shouted silently, “Help Me!” Glancing over my shoulder, I caught them, like me, makin…
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Added by Chuck Connors on October 26, 2009 at 4:56am —
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I catch brief glimpses of you late at night when I fall asleep.
In my dreams we pass each other, your hair flying in the wind.
Your eyes shine with excitement and
You boldly laugh at the promise of a new day.
Waiting for you seems like forever.
Yet I must wait, for there can be no other.
Will we ever meet dream girl? Or will we smile and pass each other,
Moving on to other worlds and dreams?
Chuck Connors, October 22, 2009
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Added by Chuck Connors on October 26, 2009 at 4:51am —
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The La Book Festival was a wonderful experience. I enjoyed the panel I was on (they paired me with a Louisiana author). Wally Lamb and his wife bought my book after his wife attended my panel (teehee), and the book signing went better than I thought it would. The evening before, the author's party was well-attended and the food - well, So Louisiana food -even the worst is better than a lot of the best!
I had a great time and hope to be invited again next year!
Next stop: A book club here in H…
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Added by Kathryn Magendie on October 25, 2009 at 8:22am —
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My ancestress Nancy Goldsmith , Fisher, Morgan 23 was living with Nimrod Buckner,65 and his wife Nancy Anderson Bucknerl 64 in 1960, along with her young son Henry Fisher 2, and her half brother James Goldsmith 15, and half sister Rebecca Goldsmith 10. She was a widow at that time but I am wondering if Nimrod Buckner was her mother Mary Buckner, Goldsmith's father or was he Mary's older brother? I noticed Nimrod's wife was named Nancy Anderson Buckner. Was Nancy Goldsmith named after her. I am w…
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Added by Sallie on October 24, 2009 at 12:30am —
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Over at the Blind Pig we've been gathering scary stories during this month of Halloween. Need a good scare- click
here.
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Added by Tipper on October 22, 2009 at 9:55am —
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A magic carpet of colors
Flying up the highest ridges
Swooping down the mountain sides
Engulfing the valleys in lakes of light
Zoom zoom across the rivers
Way up high in the air
Reflecting the reds, oranges, greens, and gold’s
Splashes of rainbow colors slide down the streams
Autumn is the season of change
Wet and chilly, crisp and clean
Trees shimmer in the afternoon light
A smorgasbord of colors everywhere
Nature performs a shiveree—
raucous celebration of the transition of life
Puts on Her…
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Added by Chuck Connors on October 20, 2009 at 1:18am —
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A blanket of color, a riot of rainbows
Clothes the ridges and peaks of my home
Moving beams of golden sunlight
Light up the mountains
God’s theatrical play in motion
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Added by Chuck Connors on October 20, 2009 at 1:15am —
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Sunlight slanting on the ridge tops
Burning polka-dots of red, orange and gold
A glowering of dark gray clouds
Sharpens the sunset,
highlights the colors,
gladdens the eye
Leaf-lookers like ants along the highways
clogging up traffic, taking pictures of the trees
Why can’t these gawkers appreciate God’s creation
in their own towns,
backyards,
and fields?
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Added by Chuck Connors on October 20, 2009 at 1:09am —
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As summer gives way to fall-one of the things I will miss-is the nightly song of Katydids around my house. Earlier this summer while attending a contra dance, I stepped outside to try to escape the heat. A gentleman remarked to me that nights in this part of the US were really loud. Took me a…
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Added by Tipper on October 13, 2009 at 2:00pm —
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Ever have a toothache? In my opinion, a toothache is one of the most aggravating and painful problems to have. Lucky for folks today relief is usually just a phone call away.
Back in the day-things were a little different. Dentists weren't plentiful, it was hard to get into town to see one, and even if…
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Added by Tipper on October 13, 2009 at 2:00pm —
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On animal trails, aboriginal footpaths and settler traces;
men, women and children moved across the continent
Struggling through the narrow cracks in the cliffs;
twisting, winding, ever moving upwards into the clouds
Settlers trudging up from the lowlands;
into the gaps they came,
into the gaps and mountain passes,
through the open places in the Great Blue Wall
Animals and men toiling together up from the piedmont,
choking on dust, slipping on clay
Leaving the old life behind, looking forwards…
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Added by Chuck Connors on October 6, 2009 at 12:03am —
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Squash, beans, corn, tomatoes,
ready for the gatherin’;
summer’s bounty ripe in the fields
Full moon of October
turns night into day
Creator’s gift to help us reap the goodness
Under the light of the big fat moon;
working in the fields, gathering in the crops,
the harvesters seem more ghostly than real
Throwing the hay bales on the wagon,
digging the taters from the ground,
pulling the last ear of corn off the stalk
Put up the jars of beans on the shelf,
store the taters and apples in the ce…
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Added by Chuck Connors on October 6, 2009 at 12:00am —
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The magic of walking under the gaze of a full moon,
leaves me breathless in its stunning entirety
Walking by your side I can think of nothing else;
the two of us wraith-like, holding hands
Our actions balanced on a knife-edge;
between two worlds—the past and the future
Small animals rustle in the leaves,
inviting us to rustic delights
What magic happens when two people meet each other,
intersecting lives from two different paths?
Looking at you, smiles pass between us;
knowing without a doubt,…
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Added by Chuck Connors on October 6, 2009 at 12:00am —
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There is nothing that compares to being a child of the mountains. I have been forced to leave the mountains from time to time throughout my life and have never enjoyed having done so. I am currently out of the mountains as I type this and am having to endure life here in Oklahoma for awhile. I miss the mountains as a mother would miss a dead child. Driving through the mountains of WNC whipping around the curves and letting off a little steam is one of the most wonderful things in life. I love th…
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Added by Samuel DeWayne Shelton on October 3, 2009 at 7:15pm —
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TITLE: Her Every Fantasy
SERIES: The Smith Sister's Trilogy
AUTHOR: Stephanie Morris
AUTHOR URL:
http://www.stephaniemorris.webs.com
GENRE/THEME: Contemporary Interracial Romance
URL TO THE BUYING PAGE:…
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Added by Author Stephanie Morris on October 3, 2009 at 3:38am —
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Tiny tree frog, tiny tree frog,
Though there’s millions like you;
You’re unique and individual,
One of a very few
Chirping tree frogs, chirping tree frogs,
The roar of your voices drowns all;
I see you among the leaves,
Covering the tree bark in the fall
Little tree frogs, little tree frogs,
Going chirp, chirp, on a branch;
Your voices tell me summer’s almost over,
Time to get ready for winter’s chance
Dying tree frogs, dying tree frogs,
You’re lives are almost done;
Will I see you next year?…
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Added by Chuck Connors on October 1, 2009 at 1:15pm —
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