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Get Busy Living Or Get Busy Dying
Nelson County, Virginia In our former lives we were TV News reporters. Primarly in Memphis, yes, that Memphis you have been hearing so much about lately. Yvette was a metro reporter in the thick of it inside the city. Convenience … Continue reading
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Tagged broadcast TV, family, leave your job, live life, no boss, retiring early, TV News
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And Here We Are Almost Three Years Later.
Nelson County, Virginia Back in April of 2020 I wrote a post here right here called, Keep The Fire Burning : Why A Hug, A Handshake & Friends Matter Now More Than Ever My opening paragraph in that post was … Continue reading
How I Became Friends With The Late Earl Hamner, Jr – Creator Of The Waltons
Nelson County, Virginia Back in 2005 when we started a printed magazine here in the Blue Ridge of Virginia, Earl Hamner was in his early 80s and very much alive. A local director, Peter Coy, was in the process of … Continue reading
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Tagged earl hamner, friends, John boy, jr., my memory, Schuyler, the Waltons, va, Waltons mountain
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Downing Of The Lights
Bryant, Virginia It’s always a bittersweet time of the year. After weeks of holiday feels, starting back with Thanksgiving, it finally ends in early to mid January. This year we decided to keep the outdoor lights up until just after … Continue reading
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Tagged blue ridge mountains, Christmas lights, farmlife, holidays, over, taking down lights, virginia
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A Chicken Funeral
Nelson County, Virginia Once laying hens get old, usually about 3-4 years, they stop laying. On a farm they’ve served their purpose and lived a pretty good life, especially if they are able to get to pasture like ours … Continue reading
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Tagged a boy and his pet chicken, blue ridge mountains, chickens, death, farm animals, farmlife, Life, poultry, virginia
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It’s Not The Same. But It’s Still Great!
Somewhere On The Bay For 13 years we’ve been coming to this spot on the Chesapeake Bay. Summer calls you here after those long, cold and dark winter days. We gave it a test run one year in the October … Continue reading
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Tagged Chesapeake Bay, daughter, family, father, growing up, Virginia side
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