My Grace-Full Life: The Chosen

Have you heard of The Chosen yet? If you have, you’re in good company. Popularity for The Chosen is soaring—for good reason. If you’ve already watched it—you understand why. I’ve […]

Youth Independent Living at Crossnore

Adulting is hard—there’s little secret about that.  For many kids, adulting skills are learned by watching their parents, taking on chores, and being given more responsibility—whether they like it or […]

Don’t Transplant Me!

Do you recall your last relocation endeavor? Stress levels undoubtedly elevated!  Interestingly, similar feelings occur in another multicellular organism, a plant!  Leaving one location is like tearing off excess roots.  […]

Milestone Memories

Ah, the memories of summer camp! Maybe it was the first time you caught a fish in a lake or paddled a boat, climbed a mountain or modeled a bowl […]

Recognizing the Call for Help

The months spanning 2020 and 2021 brought to the surface an acute awareness of mental health. Weekly, if not daily, video or phone calls and texts reached beloved family and […]

The Things We Do for Love (of Country)

My heart was racing. I had heard all the horror stories about this and now it was my turn. Like a group of cattle we were forced through the doors […]

Fact and Fallacy of Cheese

Cheese, the accident of ancient days that became one of our most versatile and popular foods!  Legend explains that a chemical reaction occurred after milk remained in the lining of […]

Rules of Germinating Saved Seeds

Seed catalogs arrived by mail in January, teasing the tempted gardener to dream of sun, hand tools, tilled soil, and a variety of seed packets.  Planning the garden season begins […]

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