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Mama bear & cubs are out for an early evening stroll! They are as happy as we are to have our retaining wall rebuilt post-Hurricane Helene. My husband was lucky to watch them in person! Mama-bear seemed spooked by the noise from the football game coming from the open window. After enjoying the fall view of Grandfather Mountain, the healthy-looking Black bear cubs frolicked down the slope, soon followed by Mama. The… Read More
My philosophy is to learn something new every day. And, boy, did I strike it rich when my new friend Brenda introduced me to Hart Square Village. Located on 200 acres in Catawba County, NC, it’s close to Hickory. I had no idea we had this incredible hidden treasure. An outdoor museum. With 103 log cabins, the largest collection of such buildings in the U.S. We visited on a cloudy, cool summer… Read More
Inspired by a story about secluded towns, we set off from Linville on a sunny Sunday to see what we could find. Many of the “towns” we drove through were not much more than dots on the map, but the scenery was beautiful. Most of our drive was along gently rolling hills, at an elevation in the 2,500-2,800 range. Much of our route ran along the border of NC and Virginia, and… Read More
Preface I was working on this post in late September when the world stopped for all of us in Western North Carolina with the arrival of Hurricane Helene. It has been described as destruction of biblical proportions and it sure seems so to me. The folks who live in Western Carolina are a resolute group and I have been moved by the stories of neighbor helping neighbor, which has been the primary… Read More
