[quote user="E. Duane Howard"] For years now I have been giving out Apple Butter made at an orchard in Stuarts Draft. I make hundreds of sour dough sugar cookies. Then the real fun begins in creating a gift arrangement, having laid out everything that had been purchased through out the year. I try to select a container and make an arrangement

[quote user="Gibson Brown"] Love of our Creator, love of family, love of friends, and grasping why the ultimate gift one can pray for is world peace. Merry Christmas is not found in a store. Merry Christmas is found in the sparkling eyes of those we love. One can't purchase the true meaning of Christmas, so keep purchased gifts simple

[quote user="Robin Hinrichs"] I plan to spend about the same, or maybe a little more. But not on buying items for family and friends that are given just for the sake of giving a gift. My plan this year is to try and give back. So I will be donating to local entities that have seen a huge drop on contributions. Places like Bradley Free Clinic

[quote user="Edward Lyons"] It is a selfish, crass & deadbeat society that depends on milking its income from the memory of a poor couple, far from home, with nowhere to stay except a barn, & the poor lady about to give birth. They spend on lavish parties, & bribing their maleducated offspring, while 4 billion earthlings living

This has been a busy week, but I have been trying to keep up by reading all of your interesting posts--despite being two days behind on newspapers!! I think this is a very difficult question and I can see both sides. I want to see justice served and feel that a military trial could have been very effective. How will U.S. citizens, our military men and

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[quote user="Leesa McGregor"]I think a small band box or gazebo would be good for outdoor concerts.[/quote] Leesa, Great idea Leesa!!! A small band box or gazebo (not the amphitheater) would be an excellent way to get residents and tourists up there to enjoy the music and scenery. Again--with the trolley as transportation. There is much that

[quote user="Sandy Light"] The Western Virginia Land Trust's position statement refers to Mill Mountain as one of the "Valley's most precious and unique natural resources" and that "preservation of [this] asset, through [a] conservation easement would clearly demonstrate that the citizens of Roanoke value green space

[quote user="Sharron Smith"] I remember the evening when the neon star first glowed on Mill Mountain: to my child’s eye, it was simply magical. Recently, I accompanied a neighbor and new resident on the obligatory trip to the star and its overlook. Although I missed the old road with its tail-kissing curves, I found the essential magic

[quote user="Liniel Gregory"] When I was a boy, yes, I was a boy once, twelve years old and living on Park Street hill that goes into Highland Park, I lie in my bed the night of Wednesday, November 23, 1949, Thanksgiving Eve, and watched the Mill Mountain Star come alive with lights that ushered in the Christmas shopping season. Christmas