Time For A Change

Greetings All,

Well, it has been a busy week on the mountain. My girl just got a new assignment at Mountain Xpress to handle the Environmental section in addition to her duties as the new editor of the gardening and outdoor sections. We have had to do some re-evaluating regarding our remote location as of late, mostly due to gas prices and the sheer wear and tear on her from having to drive so much. We live about an hour away from everything she does for work and about two hours away from where she teaches karate three days a week. That has proven to be a brutal commute for her over the last year and we have decided that it is time to move closer to the city. The past five years I have spent up on this beautiful five acres of mountain, with the Appalachian Trail practically in my back yard has truly been an amazing gift. Although we are certainly sad to leave it, we hope to leave it in the hands of folks who will love and care for it as much as we do. We are visiting with our realtor on Friday and even though this may not be the best of times to put property on the market, I feel it won't last long because this is one very special place.

I have shared a few of the wonderful photographs I have taken up here over the years with y'all but here is one of my favorites. A wonderful winter sunset view from my front porch.

On a political note....the big VP debate is tomorrow night and while a lot of folks are waiting for Sarah Palin to bomb I think it is more likely she will do what this fellow who has debated her before suggests and what the most recent SNL Tina Fey sketch suggests as well...go folksy and try to make herself "more adorable" when backed into a corner. Either way, I hope the American people will give change a chance. I just cannot stand the thought of another 4 years of failed Republican policy. They use the word "reformation" and I have to admit when Sara Palin uses it I think of a world where someone else's version of morality gets shoved down my throat...for my own heathen good, of course. Have we not seen from other periods in our own history that puritanism does not make the world a better place?

Thanks to all of you that came by to visit from my interview over at Hahn at Home. The whole experience kind of made me feel like a "celebrity for a day". That was really fun and thanks again, Lori for inviting me to participate on your "Our Stories Series". There were a lot of great comments on the post and I will be writing further on the subject of forgiveness as a result of some of them.

Peace y'all