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IF I'D ONLY...
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IF I’D ONLY…

Maybe it’s my age, maybe it’s something else, but lately I’ve been obsessively fantasizing, and even had dreams about, going back and starting over…beginning with my Freshman Year in High...

THE HILL
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THE HILL

Another “trip around the sun” is coming up: a landmark trip…yes, I have entered MEDICARELAND…and I am literally “feeling” my age.  Now that I’m officially on the “other side of...

MINERS
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MINERS

Nestled in the southern Blue Ridge mountains of western North Carolina is Cowee Valley in Macon County. Like most valleys, it has gentle slopes which are pastures for grazing livestock....

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Here’s a story from a few years ago: I have a friend, let’s call her, “Dawn”.  She and her family don’t live in this town (Anderson, Indiana), they live in...

WE ARE SALTY
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WE ARE SALTY

One of the best things about bacon (and my other addictions: popcorn, Fritos, and crackers) is salt.  You can keep your sugar…even chocolate does not have the same appeal as...

KEEP YOUR HEAD
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KEEP YOUR HEAD

Two-hundred-and-thirty years ago, the woman christened Maria Antonia Josephina Johanna, known by her family and friends simply as Antonia, and known by the world as Marie Antoinette, was beheaded in France for...