2+ week, 3+ day ago   (782+ words) August is called the “moving month” as families move and children start school. Somewhere I read that one-third of American families move every three years or so. I do believe it. And, along with the raise in pay and…...

1+ mon, 16+ hour ago   (497+ words) Do you know what the letters VBS stand for? I suspect that most folks under 30 or so will say these initials stand for Virtualization-based Security, a program that uses hardware virtualization and the Windows hypervisor... But I see I’m…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (724+ words) I’ve lost touch with current trends in child psychology. A couple of decades ago there was a stream of thought that said fairy tales were bad for children; planted the wrong idea of life in their little heads, you…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (639+ words) This week, our nation turned 250 years old. Two hundred fifty years since a small group of colonists looked at the most powerful empire on earth and declared, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (665+ words) I had an interesting experience out at Bass Lake recently. There I was, unpacking my painting gear and getting ready to enjoy splashing paint. Plein air painting out in nature is a fast-paced adventure for most artists since the sun…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (327+ words) It’s that time again — the Artist in Residence program in Blowing Rock at Edgewood Cottage is in full swing for the summer! Each week two really good artists will be displaying and selling their art. I will be in the…...