Workable Acronyms: WPA, FAP, CCC, FWP
These acronyms spelled survival for a generation of Americans fighting their way out of the Great Depression. Now is a good time to look back and…
Blue Ridge Parkway, A Real American Story
You might call it a 469-mile piece of paradise, maybe an American feat of ingenuity and beauty, or perhaps a story of putting people to work while…
Just Between us Men
Ever since the research was released from the prestigious Science journal that the modern chicken is related to the fearsome Tyrannosaurus Rex, I…
Housesitting
As previously mentioned, we are enjoying our first caretaking (or house sitting, if you prefer) job here in rural Western North Carolina. We signed…
Pigskin Sunday
We had been house- and pet-sitting at a beautiful cabin in Western North Carolina for six weeks. When we arrived, the household included two dogs,…