The View from Squirrel Ridge

I just came across BrainTalk Communities . They have a number of discussion boards for neurological conditions, emotional support, and othe...

Autumn is over but let me share a few photos we took while the leaves were still on the trees. Above is a view of the Great North Mountain a...

I just posted the Spiritual Singles Calendar of Events for December. One member will report on helping the Humane Society rescue pets who w...

Teens are encouraged by drug companies to seek psychiatric screening with the ultimate goal of getting them to take psychotropic medications...

Dr. Grace Zeim has a new website: www.chemicalinjury.net. It's full of information on what may be toxic and how to avoid chemical injuri...

Sometimes I get emails from visitors to my Civil War Trips website. Today I heard from a fellow who wants directions to Aldie, Middleburg,...

I've been working on a page of New Market Battlefield photographs . I use Adobe Photoshop and Macromedia Dreamweaver to create my Civil...

I Give is an online shopping mall that donates to charity. Most of your favorite stores are here. Try it! If you want to buy books, please...

Glebe Harbor Waterfront near Montross The house next to our vacation home is for sale for $425K. It's a one-story 3-bedroom house on a q...

I came across these blogs: the Festivus pole Got Mercury (What's in your fish?) Bill Schell in Regensburg, Bavaria Life ...

Here's little Josie and her mom Susan. For tons of pictures of Josie and her brother Ryley, see the Boyles Blog .

Marie Javins completed her sojourn in Africa and is coming home. Yay! Uganda has some unrest so I am relieved that she has left there. I ad...

It's still warm here in western Virginia, more so than usual. We had a beautiful autumn in spite of the summer's drought. Frank has ...

I saw an article reporting that nanoparticles of silver may inactivate the HIV virus. Well, I didn't know how small a nanoparticle was s...

Book Relief for Hurricane Katrina is helping schools to replace books lost in the recent hurricane. They are looking for donations via cred...

Our public library is small but they offer a range of internet services, including access to genealogical sources. I found the following sto...

I came across a note that my late aunt wrote in 1979 to my daughter. She mentioned family history and says that she previously left out the ...

The senate has approved oil drilling in the Arctic. Environmental organizations are still hoping that people will convince the House of Repr...

Listen to history! I'm a fan of books on tape and I like to just browse Amazon for a history book to listen to when I'm driving. Thi...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission gives you a place to report unsafe products . We have a tendancy to assume that products sold in...