Friendships – and Beyond
The Rise and Fall of Lucius Calhoun
Simply Friends
What the heck is a “Merkle Blade?”
My Friendship Garden: Woven with Love
The War of the Roses
Old Love and the Sea
“L” – “O” – “V” – “E”
The Tug on My Line
Messages from the Marsh
The Living Sea
Grampa Charlie’s Village
The End of the Road
The Land of Noel Perrin
Dancing with MemoriesArtful Village»
Memories of a Creative Upbringing (0)
I am grateful to my mom for encouraging my creative spirit. She wouldn’t complain if we made a mess in the name of art or cooking or building a fort. We would clean up after, but didn’t have to worry about it during the process. Getting messy still helps me generate new ideas.
Coming Home»
The Tug on My Line (1)
When I was pregnant, I read all of those “What to Expect When you are Expecting” books with their various descriptions of what the first movement of the baby within me would feel like. – “Like a butterfly’s soft wings gently brushing your skin” – “Like a tickle, a flutter” – “Like the tug of [...]
Cooking: Chef Tom»
Fire and Knife (0)
How would you like one simple tool that delivers easier cooking and healthier nutrition? It’s almost a magic wand for cooks.
Gardens: The Constance Gardener»
My Friendship Garden: Woven with Love (0)
This plant carried soil, water and nurturing from places all over this state to finally arrive at our home in western North Carolina.
Grampa Charlie's Village»
The Rise and Fall of Lucius Calhoun (0)
These stories are in the words of Charles Aloysius Cathcart, known to ‘most everyone here in Coltrane as Grampa Charlie Loy. Most evenings except Sundays, he occupied a wobbly old straight-back chair in spitting distance of the squat, rusty pot-bellied stove in Homer Henderson’s dry-goods store. They were collected by Mr. Cathcart’s grand-nephew Ernest, who [...]
Home-grown Heroes»
How Lake Placid Saved Itself (0)
One problem attractive small towns face is their very attractiveness. What draws visitors and new citizens and makes for community pride often interests developers wanting to develop.
Pet Stories»
Wagging My Tail (0)
Here are the dogs. They’ve returned from their sniffing-fest and sit beside me, one on each side — doggy bookends. As long as I pet, they stay, leaning into me, noses lifted into the breeze, filtering out questions and answers from the air.
Poetry»
Friendships – and Beyond (0)
I’ve had truly great friends – over so many years They each brought such joy – and some a few tears Real “pals” who were there – when life dipped a bit They would simply appear – and be an up-lifting hit Each of our lives became quite closely entwined While even beyond – there are [...]
Reflections»
Old Love and the Sea (0)
It all drills down to the sea. No need for words, only the warmth of the welcome sun, so long absent through the winter. No oughts or shoulds. For today, we have vacated.
Uncategorized»
What the heck is a “Merkle Blade?” (0)
He cast his eye about the place, and offered the opinion that it took a strange person to want to live “in a swamp”.
Village Snapshots»
Boerne, Texas: artful landscapes & natural pleasures (0)
If art and scenic landscapes inspire you, you’re going to want to step into the scene in Boerne, Texas (population 10,283, elevation 1,421 feet, median home cost is $172,720). Beautiful Boerne -30 minutes NW of San Antonio – earns our MVV (Most Vibrant Village Award) for its bountiful creativity and natural beauty.This lively town boasts [...]
Village Tales»
Old Enough for Catcher in the Rye (2)
If a pollster or market researcher were to solicit my opinion of the greatest invention in human history, I would answer “the library.”
Village Think Tank»
New Urbanism Revitalizes Main Street (1)
Our cherished places can go away. Main Streets, for instance. But Orrin Thiessen’s proving how New Urbanism design can bring them back.
Village Tours»
Beaufort, North Carolina (4)
Maybe it’s the spice of the lusty pirates who hid out in these waters, or maybe it’s the current crop of wide-ranging buccaneers who moor their yachts here while passage-making on the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) who deliver the flavor. A port city’s always a bit saucy.
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