Living in a U.S.A. Rain Forest

This year mother nature is proving we live in a lush but non tropical rain forest.  What is that you say?  It is true!  We live in the Appalachian temperate rainforest.  The Appalachian Mountains started to form somewhere around 400 million years...

MURPHY, a North Carolina jewel

A dozen years ago an October evening walk through downtown Murphy, NC convinced me that we would enjoy the later part of our lives right up here in the corner of GA, NC, TN.  The surrounding mountains and the sense of a peaceful small town was right up our alley. As...

RELOCATING YOUR ANIMAL CARE

Among the many considerations when we are thinking of relocating is animal care.  We all love our animals and care up here is as exceptional as our environment is. Dogs are a social breed and as we have begun to recognize that, dog parks are becoming available in more...