Living in Balsam, NC comes with a set of responsibilities...sort of. When we have "winterish" weather here in Jackson County, NC it isn't unusual to get messages on my cell phone similar to "did you get snow at Balsam?". Don't ask me why there would be a question of snow being "at" Balsam in
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10/30/2012
Last week Western North Carolina was experiencing perfect autumn weather...afternoons in the high 60s, low 70s and the evenings in the 40s. Thanks to Sandy, that changed in a matter of hours. There are still fall colored leaves peeking through the snow flurries which is unusual. Normally, all
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10/30/2012
Waynesville, NC is one of those little mountain towns travelers have flocked to for more than a hundred years. The town planners had vision. Streets were laid in a manner allowing people to reach their destinations by dozens of routes. This is especially wonderful for people who enjoy cruising
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10/29/2012
Public radio and public television are often the first and only exposure many people have to the arts. It would be worse than a shame if either entity ever lost even the minimal funding they get through the government. In my opinion, early exposure and appreciation of music, art and literature
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10/28/2012
Loved this localism post from Sheila Newton in Greenville, SC. Kiko, the baby giraffe must be the cutest giraffe baby in the world. The exciting part for me and for others who live in the Asheville/Waynesville/Sylva area are a very short drive from seeing this miracle. We are such close neighbor
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10/28/2012
When you run for public office and you prefer not to be in the pocket of special interest groups because your goal is to actually represent the whole community How do you pay for a political campaign when your goal is to represent the interests of your ENTIRE community, instead of being in th
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10/28/2012
The weather has been exceptional for the many visitors here to enjoy the fall colors in the mountains of Western North Carolina. This cow on Piney Mountain Road in Whittier, NC also took advantage of the warm sunny day to have a grass picnic. Piney Mountain Road is the route one would take to g
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10/27/2012
The best reason to have visitors in our area is that it makes us become tourists in one of our nation's favorite playgrounds. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway are two of the most visited outdoor attractions in the U.S. The other day, we took my mother and bro
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10/25/2012
The Montford Park Players presented a performance of Shakespeare’s MacBeth this evening in the newly remodeled Masonic Temple in downtown Asheville. My mother and I thoroughly enjoyed the performance and the venue. This season marked the 40th Anniversary of the Montford Park Players and judging
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10/25/2012
People have pre-conceived notions of what dedicated souls working in domestic animal welfare are like. There’s no set list of attributes shared by those folks who rescue, care for and try to find home for the dogs and cats who through no fault of their own are homeless, starving or injured. The
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10/24/2012