“Go back to your books, to your armchair. Plant your trees, watch them grow. If more people valued home above gold, this world would be a merrier place.”

— Thorin Oakenshield

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  • Alsion Krauss and Robert Plant along with T. Bone Burnett

    Alison Krauss and Robert Plant will be performing tonight along with T. Bone Burnett at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum 8 pm. There are still some tickets so please call          865-656-4444       Continue reading

  • Look at the new cityscape of Portland

    Can you believe this great design.  I’m from the City of Roses and it was so great to find this new design. If you have never been to Portland Oregon please make the time to go. It is well worth… Continue reading

  • Living the List

    So a couple of post ago I mentioned that I made a list on SuperViva. What can’t you leave this world without having experienced, completed,cherished etc ? Well one of the items on my list is going to Iceland. I… Continue reading

  • Snow in March

    I woke up this morning to a beautiful snow fall. There is always a special stillness that happens when it is snowing. Life seems to move a little slower,perhaps a bit more quieter. The following poem came to mind and… Continue reading

  • Great Smoky Mountain National Park

    I have the great pleasure to live near the entrance of the great smoky mountain national park, forever known as gsmnp. One of the great features of the park is the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont, connecting people and… Continue reading

  • Super Viva

    It has been a while and I just wanted to share a really neat find. For about a year and half now I have this running list of things I want to do before I die.  I cannot imagine leaving… Continue reading

  • Bury The Year

    2007 has been a pretty good year so come gather round for it’s time to bury the year.  We’ll all bring some food and enough chocolate to meet all of your desires,a bonfire,a band, some fireworks and of course let… Continue reading

  • The day after Thanksgiving

    So I missed a post yesterday……I was very busy cooking but more importantly I was spending some quality time with family and friends.  Today, the day after Thanksgiving, we have opted not to have retail therapy on "Black Friday" but… Continue reading

  • Homecomings

    What a great day.  Zaina came home from college this morning.  We started cooking at eight a.m.  Ruth, susie, and I rolled about 160 grape leaves. Then everyone came home from school at noon.  We got pizza and more and… Continue reading

  • Preparations in full swing

    This is one of our favorite celebrations of the year….Thanksgiving. So today the paprika girl (Ruthie) is baking about 16 pies…I swear this is a true statement. We almost always have a pie per person after Ruth gets done baking. … Continue reading

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