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Thanksgiving…Nine Days!
Here’s the thing about a daily Thanksgiving journal that is also a blog. Sometimes it’s hard to post, and I’m nine days behind! Over the past nine days, I’ve been thankful for so much. Likewise,...
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Day 16 of Thanksgiving
This is more of an update since I already mentioned Muffin’s house in this gratitude journal. However, what good is a great house if you don’t go in it? That’s what easily could have happened....
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Fixin’ Up for Christmas in Virginia
It’s Thanksgiving weekend, and I have started decorating. I love a natural, country Christmas. I started with the sled that I bought in Mendota for $15. Paired with stems of boxwood and a velvet...
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19 Days to Christmas!
We had some friends and family over and went to the Barter Theatre today. River wanted to look nice for our guests so he got out a few neckties to look over. “I dunno,” I heard him say. “Nothing...
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2016 New Year’s Resolutions
Have you made your New Year’s Resolutions? One of mine is to be more organized and in the process of being more organized, I lost the very cool picture I took of my closet getting organized. Maybe I...
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Bristol On A Sunday Morning
Mike and I got up early and went to Brstol this morning. We haven’t been going to church for about the last six months. I think we’ll start again in the coming weeks, but, for me–and I realize there...
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To Pierce or Not To Pierce
I’ve been wanting to get my ears pierced for years! My best lifelong friend, Lisa Benfield Edwards, and I had some piercing activity when we were 12 or 13. We stuck needles in our ears and put...
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Where Are They Now?
Do you remember this past summer when a cat that I named Lilly showed up and had five kittens? I posted about those kittens off and on for eight weeks and then I stopped. Something rather tragic...
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Boom! Ears Are Pierced!
I gathered all my courage and went into Epic Ink Tattoo today. I asked for Scottie as I was told he was the best piercer around, and my 59 year old ears deserved the best. These ears had seen a...
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What’s That Higher Ed Building On Lee Highway Anyway?
Did you play the Powerball Lottery? Did you win anything? I did. One of my numbers was 10, and I won $8. Here’s what I bought with my winnings. I’m good with this prize. I’m watching a tribute...
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First Real Snow of 2016
I love snow. It’s magic. We had a little magic this morning! Al Archer, the weather guy for WXBQ, said we’d have about one inch of snow. We had anywhere from about two to five inches throughout...
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A Queen No More….Navy Bean Soup
It’s January. Winter of 2016 is here. Looking to the left from my front porch… Looking to the right from the same spot.. Definitely is God’s country. However, there is almost a foot of the...
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Copycat Wendy’s Chili Recipe
In Mendota, we didn’t think winter would ever arrive when we were lounging around in 70 degree temperatures in December. Whoops! Were we wrong! It’s here! We had a weird little snow last night that...
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Are The Bees Alive?
We have heard from everyone that this was a bad winter for bees, but thankfully, it appears my three hives survived. See for yourself. I started feeding them today. Their enclosure is a mess…I’m...
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Mendota in the Past – Sand And Silica
I have always had an interest in the sand and silica mining that took place in Mendota long ago. My grandfather mentioned it here, and later, when I worked for AGC Glass, I was taught how important...
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Cleaning A Vinyl Fence
When we first built this house, we said “everything is to be maintenance free.” We were dumb. There is no maintenance free anything. While it’s nice that we don’t have to paint the vinyl fence, it does...
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Treasure Hunting in Gate City, Virginia
Hi there! It has been such a busy time around here as we prepare for the first days of Adventure Mendota 2016. Mike and I have also been on the fundraising merry-go-round for the Goodson...
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Some Things Work Out
Remember the crates that I found in Gate City at Memory Lane Antiques? Here’s how they’ll look with the tees in them. This is the Canada Dry crate which works well for small t-shirts. I take no...
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The Vines On North Fork
What I like about blogging is chronicling time. In Mendota, things move slow but we do have change. Some very good changes, but we remain a rural farming community. It’s such pretty country… While...
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Magic Black Raspberries
I am not on this blog often in the summer since we own and operate a small outfitter on the North Fork of the Holston. We’ve been very busy until this week when it rained — much needed rain. We are...
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