Deer Valley Chili
October 27, 2014
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Sesame Noodle Salad
May 12, 2014
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Giving Up
January 7, 2013
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On my way home tonight, I heard this quote on the radio and it made me think and, amazingly, I remembered it by the time I got home: Giving Up is a Permanent Solution to a Temporary Problem. It is one of those mantras you need to have ready when you are in a situation
Longleaf Pines
January 6, 2013
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Ok, so I have probably told every joke there is about longleaf pines not having any leaves, but they really are spectacular trees. The first couple years after you plant them, they look like green pom-poms propped up in the dirt. There have been tests on the initial pom-pom stage where they wrapped the cone at
R n’ R
January 5, 2013
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So there is a little delay is my posts from the weekend. We had an internet free weekend at the cabin in South Carolina. I collected content to publish posts, but waited until we could connect again get them out. Unconsciously, we end up either in the mountains or in the woods a week or
Art Inspiration
January 4, 2013
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Sometimes a doodle is just a doodle, but every once in a while, your doodle can be the seed of inspiration. The summer before my junior year at Appalachian State, my mom and I painted and sketched artwork on afternoon to fill my new apartment. I just happened to do a doodle with black ink
Reminders & Remedies
January 3, 2013
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I will admit that I was a little jealous of my friends Matt & Callie’s kitchen where they painted an entire wall in their kitchen with chalkboard paint for notes and reminders. I don’t have a wall in my kitchen that it would work on, so on to the next most popular room in the
Unexpected Beauty
January 2, 2013
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The stunning iris pictured above is not what you would typically expect to see pulling into your driveway on a cold January night, but this is what I spotted on my way into the house. Right now my yard is brown and dying, as it is every winter, so that is can come back even
Literary Sherpas
January 1, 2013
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Happy New Year to all! So here we go, the first day of the pilgrimage and what better way to start than some Literary Sherpas. Most of these I have read before {The Te of Piglet, Illusions, The Favorite Uncle Remus and of course The Little Prince}, but I have also added some books that