I live in rural Middle Tennessee among the distant foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Unlike Middle Earth of the Lord of the Rings, trees stay where they grow roots, and big-footed hobbits are not traipsing around saving the world from evil. It is actually quite uneventful in these parts. The forest is quiet, and the pace of our lives is slow and c…
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