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Author: Fred D

  • Power, History, Tail of the Dragon

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    Yesterday we took a short road trip across the border to Fontana, NC. There, tucked away in scenic Appalachians is Fontana Dam. It’s one of over 30 dams in the Tennessee Valley Authority’s vast hydroelectric system spanning the watersheds of 7 states. Fontana Dam played a crucial role in America’s WWII victory. Our 46-mile door-to-dam…

  • Fall in the Smokies

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    Shinrin yoku . . . the Japanese term meaning forest bathing. Today, totally immersed wandering the forest witnessing summer’s green begin it’s surrender to fall’s vibrant, multicolored hues, a sudden breeze stirred the leaves.  Silently bathed in creation’s grandeur, I ‘heard’ the sound of the wonder Isaiah wrote of some 3,000 years ago . .…

  • Grateful for Exo/Endo Skeletons

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    “Count your blessings, count them one by one, and it will amaze you what the Lord has done.” Encountering this alien on our deck this morning, the former Science teacher in me kicked in. We humans make up just 0.01% of life on earth, whereas pesky insects comprise 75% of all animal species . .…

  • Alter Ego #3

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    Backstory – An alter-ego is defined as one’s second self, a different version of oneself to aspire to . . . kinda’ like Clark Kent’s Superman. A while back I began a collection of short, anonymous tributes to some of my wan-a-bee alter-egos who have graciously blessed my life by being there to support and…

  • Nature’s Drumbeat

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    Wandering the forest today Mother Nature serenaded me with sporadic drumbeat of acorns, dislodged by each gust of wind, softly thudding to the forest floor. The mast crop is abundant this year, and the squirrels, bears, deer and other forest denizens are feasting on the bounty. Listening in the solitude I sensed the wonder of…

  • On the Web

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    Proof that our Great Smoky Mountain home for sale is on the web 😊 Smile, and . . . Keep Looking Up ^ His Best is Yet to Come!

  • Bear Hug

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    If you haven’t had a good bear hug in a while, here’s one with a few amorous nuzzles administered in our Great Smoky Mountain backyard yesterday 😊

  • Labor Day Beauty

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    Didn’t encounter any wild critters wandering through the Great Smoky Mountain today. Perhaps they’re traveling for the holiday 😊. However, the wildflowers treated me to a kaleidoscopic bouquet of eye-candy wonder. I M Blessed . . . May U B 2 “See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.…

  • Blue Moon

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    Please forgive me . . . last evening my inveterate, juvenile spirit got the better of me. High up in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, at a pull-off along the Foothills Parkway, I ‘mooned’ my spouse . . . well kinda’ 😊 . . . we had driven up there to watch the Blue…

  • Creation’s Wonders

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    My thoughts of rising early and climbing the mountain to witness the expansive wonder of a Smoky Mountain sunrise were reclaimed by slumber . . . perhaps I’m finally getting old . . . perish the thought! 😊 Finally getting upright, I poured myself a steaming cup of java and ventured outside for a short…