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November gardening tips
November is now upon us which means soon our minds may be more on preparing for the holiday season, but there are still things that can be done in the garden this time of year. Below are gardening tips to help prepare your garden for the winter season.
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When the Kat’s away…she gets an earful from total strangers
While waiting to board a flight out of the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, I was seated directly across from a guy who was passing the time by reading a book — an actual book — titled The Happiness Advantage. A second guy approached and sat two seats away from Happiness…
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Cracks in our foundation
Serving the Lord, being humble, obedient, and keeping our faith is one thing, so how is it we tend to allow cracks into our foundation? Mathew 7:24-27 (NIV) tells us, “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built…
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Collect soil samples now to prepare for next year
Now is the time to start planning for next year’s garden. The first step in those plans should include getting a soil test now so that you can have your soil prepared and amended by the time spring is here.
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When the Kat’s away…she’s up to her ears in corn
Saturday, I went online to check out the Corn Cam, a 24/7 live feed of The World’s Only Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota. To the untrained eye, this shot of the exterior of the Corn Palace showed nothing much of interest — the limbs on a lone tree in…
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When the Kat’s away…she fights back against becoming a ‘massive lump of inactivity’
Twelve hours cooped up in a car can seem like forever. But on a recent road trip that Steve and I, along with my sister, Deb, made from central NC to southern Georgia, it went by pretty fast for me, thanks to three different ways I managed to pass the…
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Smartphone photography, other ‘Creative’ programs available for those 55 and older
Maybe I’m an odd duck, but one of the things I miss about childhood is school. I love to learn, especially topics I’m passionate about. And I don’t know about you, but adult life really puts a damper on living! Who has time to learn how to paint or play…
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When the Kat’s away…she finds the expected and the unexpected in an Onslow museum
It’s my belief that people can basically be divided into two groups: “museum people” and “not museum people.” “Not museum people” are folks who race through museums at a dead run, apparently challenging themselves to get in and out in under a minute flat. “Museum people” are those who pretty…
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Drone warriors
Elon Musk used his privately owned communication relay system called “Star Link” to prevent a Ukrainian marine drone attack on Russian ships. Musk’s stated reasoning was that destruction of Russian ships in the Black Sea could generate a much broader war. Preventing expansion of the war is commendable. But the…
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When the Kat’s away…it’s about who she travels with, not where she goes
This story is not about Beaufort, although it certainly could be.
