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Read MoreWindows 10-End of Life, October 2025.
I decided it might be good for folks to know what to do now that Microsoft has officially announced the date they will kill off Windows 10. When that date comes you have two, make those three choices.
Read MorePhoto by Derrick Parker
Mabry Mill
The Mabry Mill stands as a monument to the enduring spirit of the mountain people.
Read MoreOur Wonderful Seth Thomas Clock circa 1920 or so, sittting on our hallway table.
The Story Of The Clock.
Diane and I recently bought a house in Galax and are making it our own.
Read MoreReap What You Sew
The sun is shining, the air is clean and crisp. I started out my day with a cup of freshly ground coffee, that Diane made for me.
Read MoreSelf-Righteous
When I was a boy, my father told me many things. One was that only what you do for God will last.
Read MoreHornworm also know as Tobacco Worm Google Image
Worms!
I have a large leaning pot that sits on my motorhome lot. It contains two Calibracho Cappuccino plants that I planted in that pot back in the spring. I have taken very good care of those two little plants, or so I thought. I watered them and fed them Miracle Grow and they took off and grew like mad.
Read MoreA Red Letter Day
I am 70 years old today. How about that? I ask myself. I guess I am doing okay for a much older guy than I used to be.
Read MoreDealing With Things
It’s a bit strange sometimes how the words I read in the Bible on a particular date seem to go right along with what's happening to me at the time. Today is one of those days.
Read MoreCreation!
Creation is a wonderful thing, The heavens and the earth display the glory of God.
Read MoreThat Day!
Bearing one another's burdens. We need to do that, it is essential to life and love, to help each other until That Day Comes.
Read MoreFarewell
The last letter from Major Sullivan Ballou, written to his wife before the first battle of Bull Run.
Read MoreIt Doesn't Add Up
Sometimes the arithmetic of life does not add up.
Read MoreActing On Your Own?
There is a very important question in the four words in the title of this post. Let me make those words a bit more personal. Are YOU acting on your own?
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A Silly Question
The children of Isreal, who had experienced God’s delivering power, while in the desert, asked God silly questions.
Read MoreFirst trip in our new Sea Eagle 370pro, on the New River.
Our Kayak and The Rivers We Paddle On Part 1
I got some nice responses to my mountain bike and trails post that it made me think that one about kayaking would be fun to do. So here goes.
Read MoreThe Crack with Sea Eagle friends.
The Rivers We Paddle On. Part 2.
We now have made nearly 100 trips on a river somewhere in our Sea Eagle, (and it has certainly paid for itself). We are looking forward to our next trip. It will be on the Silver River.
Read MoreThe Creeper Trail, considered by many to be the number one bike trail in the nation.
Our Bikes and The Trails We Ride On.....Part 1
Diane and I talked about it, and once we both decided we wanted a bike and no rack, I started researching folding bikes. We are not electric bike people. We wanted the true bike riding experience with all the fun and the pain that comes with it.
Read MoreOur Bikes And The Trails We Ride On....Part 3 (Florida)
This is Part 3 of Our Bikes and the Trails We Ride On as if you didn’t know that already. This part covers the two trails we have ridden on located in and near Brooksville, Florida.
Read MoreThe NRT where Chestnut Creek flows into the New River.
Our Bikes And The Trails We Ride On....Part 2 (Virginia)
Diane and I have owned our Xspec MTBs ( I like anacronyms) for eight months now. We have ridden 17 miles of the Creeper Trail, and over 150 miles riding the New River Trail.
Warning- this post has lots of pictures!
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