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MESH Gallery in Morganton NC is holding its first exhibition of 2012, a collection of paintings by Jan Oliver Alms completed in 2011.This mixed mediacollection is being shown for the first time, and represents new creative directions for the artist. There are a number of large diptychs, triptychs...
01/02/2012
New Year's Greetings from Debbe Perry Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better person. ~Benjamin Franklin (paraphrased) Debbe Perry 828-439-3084
12/31/2011
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This is one of the most clever ways I've read about to deal with that touchy topic - your credit! Is your credit your friend, and are you treating it as if it is? Read my colleague Gina Tufano's account on how we can all maintain an "up-close-and-personal" relationship with our credit...Remember ...
12/31/2011
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I just read an update on the Legacy Project, run by Professor Karl Pillemer of Cornell University (NY). Started in 2004, the Legacy Project is devoted to collecting and sharing practical advice on living from America’s elders. Read more about the project here: http://legacyproject.human.cornell.e...
12/30/2011
Will the Mystery of the Brown Mountain Lights (NC) be Solved in 2012? Come and hear two of the world's foremost speakers on this long-unsolved mystery! What causes these lights to be seen? When and where can they be seen? Paranormal Investigator Joshua P. Warren and Appalachian State Univer...
12/29/2011
Here we go - the countdown to the new year! I’m feeling quite optimistic about 2012. Our market - so soft for so long - seems to be re-gaining some hope with the opening of new industry and creation of new jobs. We still have a lot of work to do in workforce development, especially getting worker...
12/27/2011
Best day yet this month! I commandeered my 12-year-old granddaughter and her friend to spend the afternoon delivering Christmas “gifts” to the 75 homes in a subdivision, River Glen, that I helped the developer design and market starting about ten years ago. It has been an absolute delight to be l...
12/23/2011
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12/22/2011
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Well, I worked constantly from about 9:30 am until 5:45 pm, and I got many things done: cleaning up a data base, attending a noon meeting, lunching with a long-time colleague and friend to celebrate Christmas, visited an older couple who bought a house from me about a year ago and who just needed...
12/21/2011
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2011 December Blogging Challenge, Day 20Snow storms blanketing the west and midwest, rain headed this way, sleepless night - this is what Day 20 has been made of! I did manage to get quite a few things done: previewed property for listing. This will not be added to my inventory. It’s a half-finis...
12/20/2011