This evening we enjoyed a rare treat, dinner with our three offspring! Once upon a time it was a nightly event, a tradition we truly treasured, but time moves on and eventually kids leave their childhood home and establish their own families and traditions. Now these...

For a day that started out gray, it's turned into a gorgeous blue sky day, an invitation to get out of the house! We and our visiting cousins hit the trail, the Jackson County Greenway which parallels the Tuckasegee River. We delighted in the emerging signs of Spring,...