Now that most of the holiday celebrations are over, it is time to settle into a more normal routine of life. Here in the mountains that means the winter season with all its cold and stormy weather. There are those that embrace the cold and t...

Now that the celebrations of the New Year have passed, it is on with the new, including a new flannel shirt given to me by my granddaughter. It warms my heart with love and will keep me warm during the upcoming cold winter months. You can be...

The last day of 2025 was amazing. If we hadn’t had a guest at the Center, we would have had a really big problem. She noticed that a casement window had blown out overnight and the pipes were frozen; later the power went out. During the day ...

The weight of the frozen rain on the tree limbs created a lot of power problems. Just when we thought we were at the end of the storm, we were plunged into a blackout where we went from light to total darkness. Fortunately, we were prepared ...

Probably the most dreaded of winter storms is an ice storm; it rains when the temperature is below freezing and everything turns into a gigantic skating rink. On one of those days it is best to just hunker down and be grateful for those that...