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For the last two days, much of the news coverage and conversations around break rooms has centered on the recent election and its surprising results. Along with shock and awe, pundits continue to analyze how this surprising result occurred. Who were these voters who voted for Donald Trump? How did…
Continue readingUgh. You know things are bad when there is a fire ban in place on Halloween. You know it’s really bad when people are walking around in shorts and flip flops, and November begins twenty-four hours from now. October has come and gone with one day of seasonably cold weather…
Continue readingGiant haystacks. Giant haystacks of twigs, logs, needles and other assorted parts of trees. The wood haystacks line both sides of the roads. One after another, spaced somewhat evenly, some stacked higher than the other, some sprawling just a bit more. Sometimes the haystacks resemble more of a teepee, with…
Continue readingEven in the mountains… No place is exempt from potential terrorism or violence. We like to think that our small mountain town is immune to crime, that we all get along. And for the most part that is true. Reading the police reports in the local Mountain-Ear newspaper, the reports…
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