everyday life

  • If you have to meet your daughter to drop off the grandkids after their several-day visit, why not make it somewhere pretty and peaceful? Forget the I-40 rest area near Burlington, but opt instead for the site my daughter discovered in Greensboro, almost exactly halfway between our homes, Gateway Gardens. I had never heard of…

  • “He who knows what sweets and virtues are in the ground, the waters, the plants, the heavens, and how to come at these enchantments, is the rich and royal man.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson A view of the Tuckasegee River back home in western North Carolina. The mountains will always be part of me…born, raised, and…