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It is hard to believe that it has been 2 years ago today that our area was devastated by Hurricane Helene. We were without power for 8 days, and missed many of the news reports during that time. We knew it was bad, but had no idea how bad until a report came through to consider every road in our county closed from debris. And still we had no real concept of how bad it really was. Our driveway was completely obscured by debris when the sun came out. A tree was hanging on a power line across the driveway ...

When we concluded the last Carolina Hurricane Quilt Project in 2019 for victims of Florence and Michael on our North Carolina coast, I never dreamed I’d see the need for one for victims in my own county. But here we are, just weeks after Helene devastated our beloved Western North Carolina mountains. Our county was hard hit in the eastern part, with Bat Cave and Gerton totally destroyed, and major damage throughout the county. Just south of there, in Rutherford county, Chimney Rock and Lake Lure were devastated. North of us, Asheville has restored water service for most of ...

If you know me, you know that I'm a planner. I write down everything:  "to do" lists, daily and weekly goals, I even commit our meals and menus to paper. I go so far as to mark up my planner with different color inks to signify levels of priority and importance. These pages, ordinarily, appear as a veritable text rainbow, filled to overflowing with scribbled tasks and notes.

If you know me, you know that I'm a planner. I write down everything:  "to do" lists, daily and weekly goals, I even commit our meals and menus to paper. I go so far as to mark up my planner with different color inks to signify levels of priority and importance. These pages, ordinarily, appear as a veritable text rainbow, filled to overflowing with scribbled tasks and notes.