by djmathews | Nov 26, 2024 | Education Choices, Travel and History/Health
Is Dollywood Educational (and some things about Pigeon Forge) Recently, we went to a placed called Pigeon Forge, which is actually on my bucket list. Everyone here in southwest(ern) Virginia talks about and then GOES to visit Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. This glitzy...
by djmathews | Oct 18, 2024 | Education Choices, Healthy Ideas
HAPPY SCHOOL YEAR TIPS Happy school year! Students have been in school a month or more, getting adjusted to a new schedule, possible even a new school and new classmates (hopefully fitting in somewhere, especially in middle school). School can be quite...
by djmathews | Aug 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
CRAZY CRITTERS IN OR NEAR THE CREEK So, I was sliding into one of those wooden red “Adirondack” (look it up) chairs, overlooking Abbott Lake at Peaks of Otter (VA). When suddenly, a big buzz and vibration occurred on the side of my leg. I got...
by djmathews | Aug 6, 2024 | Education Choices, Travel and History/Health
Wouldn’t You Love to see Paris (and the Olympics)? Wow. The last week has been something else, with Americans winning medals left and right in gymnastics, swimming, running, you name it. The 33rd (Modern) Olympics have obviously been a thrill for the Americans...
by djmathews | Jun 2, 2024 | Science and Education, Travel and History/Health
Yosemite a Great Adventure, like all national Parks (Originally from The Roanoke Times) By D.J. Mathews – Special to The Roanoke Times (2015) While visiting family in Sacramento for the first time in several years, my son and I decided upon a side...
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