31 Days of Living Local

Because Maybe We Should Wash Each Other’s Laundry {31 Days: Day 16}

She had this line in that post yesterday and it made me give up my hunt for skinny jeans and instead put that money toward more clean laundry for someone else. Community friendly: there will be benches to sit and wait for a turn to wash clothes or gather water. -Lisa Jo Baker Community. We’re all… Continue reading Because Maybe We Should Wash Each Other’s Laundry {31 Days: Day 16}

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Top 10 Places Not to Miss in Helen {31 Days: Day 15}

photo source  Let me be honest for a moment.  When I was growing up we drove through Helen all the time on the way over the mountain to my grandparents’ campsite in Hiawassee. We never stopped because my parents always said Helen was “just for the tourists.” (Which is a commentary in and of itself… Continue reading Top 10 Places Not to Miss in Helen {31 Days: Day 15}

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The BEST Apple Cake {31 Days: Day 14}

For all my posts in this 31 Days series on Living Local click here. I live in the mountains.  Which means this time of year?  Apples abound.  Well, pumpkins and squash too, but especially apples. There’s apple festivals and apple slingshots and fried apple pies at every roadside stand (along with boiled peanuts, don’t skip… Continue reading The BEST Apple Cake {31 Days: Day 14}

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Best of October Camping {31 Days: Day 12}

If you’re looking for a place to raise your tent or park your camper or just sit by a fire and listen to some Dylan, may I recommend…. Lake Winfield Scott DeSoto Falls Andrews Cove Dockery Lake ….but unfortunately the government shutdown has closed some of these parks temporarily.  Clearly none of our politicians have… Continue reading Best of October Camping {31 Days: Day 12}