Saturday 4 July

	Tomorrow: Rain Showers Likely 71°F \| 59°F
	Monday: Partly Cloudy 79°F \| 57°F
	Tuesday: Partly Cloudy 80°F \| 61°F

Take a break...

Cooling off on the porch, taking the time to listen to the birds sing, or watching the fireflies dance...now that's living!

The coolest places to go

Natural cool is always more refreshing than the manmade kind, much more restful and rejuvenating.

Burn out or rust out

The old relic in the field is a silent reminder to us as we get older, use it while we have it, or lose it.

Fog slows us down

We love to watch for what we call "cotton candy mornings" here where the fog settles into the valleys like a layer of cotton. Fog is a reminder that we need to not only slow down, but stop and spend some time in contemplation.

Alone

Some of us fear being alone...alone with our thoughts, with our fears, our beliefs and disbeliefs. We fill every empty space with stuff, with noise, with activity. Living here has taught me that I am never alone.

About the Photos

Some of the photos I use to illustrate points on this site are photos taken by myself, or by family members. But one special photographer's work appears here frequently, and I would love for you to get acquanted with his work even better. He seems to love these mountains as much as I do! D. L. Ennis is a thoughtful and gifted photographer and writer. Visit his website here

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Summertime and the living is.......HOT

June 26, 2009
Autumn and spring are my favorite seasons. I like moderate temperatures. The extremes have never been my favorites. It's too frustrating to move around in cold weather when you're wearing a heavy coat and boots and gloves. And in the summer, who wants to do anything when you're drenched in sweat and feel sticky and hot? Read More Add Comment (0) Hits: 61

Small town advantages

May 12, 2009
I took my daughter to Best Buy today to shop for a laptop. They had the widest variety to choose from and I wanted her to be able to find what she really wanted. Making the decision took her all of fifteen minutes. But getting checked out took nearly half an hour. Read More Add Comment (0) Hits: 314

Country folks can survive

April 07, 2009

There's a lot of fear and anxiety in the news. Businesses and banks going belly up, hundreds of thousands of layoffs around the world, record high unemployment. Bankruptcy rates are skyrocketing, people are losing their homes. These are truly "troubled times." Underlying it all is this sense of enormity. The scope of this economic crisis is so huge, how can anyone do anything to help?

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