Tag: personal
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Helping After Helene
As you no doubt know, Hurricane Helene slammed into the Southeast a week ago and stayed strong into the Appalachian mountains. Splendor in the Sticks hails from the foothills of those western North Carolina mountains and we got our electricity back last night after six days of not having power. We are grateful for the…
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Equinox and Fall
According to the calendar, today is the Autumnal Equinox, which marks the first day of fall here in the Northern Hemisphere. Incredibly sophisticated, smartypants instruments tell us that the equinox isn’t exactly “equal” in all parts of the globe, but taking the idea as it is intended, today marks an equal time of daylight and…
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Fall Joys
The “dog day” heat has broken here, at least temporarily, which has given me some time to think about fall. I adore fall – I really do. I like crisp weather, the scrunching sound fallen leaves make when you walk through them, digging out heavier clothing, chrysanthemums and fall gardens, cider, pumpkins – the whole…