On Fridays, my granddaughter gets out of school at noon to join her mom and other parents for Forest Friday in the Pisgah Forest. This is not a school-sponsored class. This is parents taking their children into the forest for … Continue reading →
Snow fun by Karen Whiting It’s winter and snow will fall in some places. I live where it’s warmer so we have to make do with other activities to celebrate the season. If you have snow enjoy the sledding, making … Continue reading →
It seems everyone is searching for their roots. There are DNA tests, TV shows in search of ancestors, ancestry records, and family trees. We want to know who we are and where we’re from. Everyone seems to be searching for … Continue reading →
For a few years my family and lived in an old farmhouse down Chicken Road in middle Georgia. My sons frequently spent Saturday mornings outdoors doing yard work. Mowing, raking, burning the debris, picking up sticks the wind had ripped … Continue reading →
We gathered for our family Christmas. The little ones played, opened gifts, and played some more. My son called his children to get ready to go since it was a ways back up the mountain. The least one came into … Continue reading →
GIVING THANKS All my adult life I’ve thought that Thanksgiving Day gets cheated every year. We make such a big deal of Halloween, then hop right over to Christmas. Even as a child I thought it just wasn’t fair. So, … Continue reading →