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I never would have thought I’d be seeing a story from Texas Country Reporter about a lady living in the Appalachians of North Carolina… It’s a moving story… A mile from the nearest neighbor, a woman and a unique animal form an extraordinary bond in the mountains of North Carolina. Nancy McIntyre North Carolina Website: https://tommoates.com/rushofriver.php
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I stumbled across this video the other day… While the quality is a little blurry, the information is right on…
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This weeks email from ASAP brought word of this weeks Growing Local. And of course it’s all about seasonality. Check out “Local Christmas Trees Brighten the Season…
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Do you have an hour to kill learning about the natural biodiversity of the Smoky Mountains… This is a good way to spend a rainy winter’s day. Enjoy. I did. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is an American national park in the southeastern United States, with parts in Tennessee and North Carolina. The park straddles the ridgeline of the Great
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The second image is what I remember mornings above Valle Crucis to be like. Sun rising over fog filled valleys. Coffee on the back porch. The smell of breakfast cooking wafting out the open door… Ahhhh, mountain dreams… Thanks for the reminder Marie…
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This video was a pleasant surprise when it showed up in my Youtube recommendations. Well done and covering many of our favorite places on and off the Parkway. Throw in the fall colors and it get a thumbs up from me and my wife. Four days on the entire Blue Ridge Parkway as we witness the fall colors and travel
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I saw this in my Twitter feed amongst all of the election bickering… I think I’ll just enjoy the view.
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When I first started exploring the Appalachians of North Carolina virtually I stumbled across Tipper’s blog Blind Pig & the Acorn. If you dig deep into my archives, you’ll find many a mention of her and her daughters. I just discovered that Tipper started a YouTube channel this past summer. Here is her video on the secret to good cornbread.
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Ken Burns sat down with USA TODAY and shared some secrets of America’s national parks. Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan are the creators of the PBS documentary “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea,” available via ShopPBS.org.
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ASAP’s executive director, Charlie Jackson, discusses the nonprofit’s mission and walks you through ASAP’s beginnings. He then shares where ASAP and the local food movement in Western North Carolina and the Southern Appalachians are headed next. Learn more about ASAP (Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project) at http://asapconnections.org.
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