Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Old Salem, North Carolina

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From the transitional community of Bethabara (meaning "House of Passage"), the Moravian settlers/missionaries planned the permanen...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Pottery and Dyer Shop

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After getting home and rummaging through brochures we discovered that we missed one building in Bethabara.  Since we were going back to Wins...
Monday, February 20, 2012

Virginia Snow - Finally!

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They said it would start at 3 p.m. - and it started at EXACTLY 3 p.m.  (Well, there was a flurry that morning while we were at c...
Thursday, February 16, 2012

98,985 Acres

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98,985 acres.  That's how much land the Wacovia Tract encompassed.  How do we (they) know that?  Because they had a land management dud...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Mike's Automotive

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Where to start with Mike's Automotive!?!  These guys are absolutely, unequivocally the best!  Best mechanics, best at being honest, best...

Bethabara Log House, c. 1816

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(Look at that blue sky!) Again with the shutters to keep out the cold and the Indians.  There's not much said about this house e...
Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Bethabara Timeline

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The settlement of Bethabara began in 1753. Wacovia - Settlement begun November 17, 1753 I love the aged look of this stone!  Beth...
Monday, February 13, 2012

The Gemeinhaus

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Bethabara being a Moravian Protestant community, of course one of the first things built was a Gemeinhaus, or church.  Construction on the t...
Sunday, February 12, 2012

What Keeps John Out of Trouble?

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While in Texas I snapped a few pictures of what John does to stay out of trouble: This is a solid cherry and glass souvenir cabinet.  It...
Saturday, February 11, 2012

God said, "No."

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I uncovered this email from years ago while cleaning out our closet in Texas.  I love it! I asked God to take away my habit. (Chocolate a...
Friday, February 10, 2012

Now, Where Were We?

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Where were we? Ah, yes. Winston-Salem, North Carolina at Bethabara - the first white settlement of the area. We are way away from the Caro...
Thursday, February 9, 2012

BTV

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BTV (Had to match the GTT) Back to Virginia: I left Tyler, Texas at 5 a.m. Wednesday and arrived back in Danville, Virginia Thursday noon....
Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Do you miss me yet?

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Please forgive my absence, but I've been really busy... In seven days (including a weekend), while in Texas I have managed to: ...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012

GTT (Gone to Texas)

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7 am  North Carolina 9:15   South Carolina (Gas is 30 cents a gallon cheaper!) 10:55 Georgia state line 12:07 Atlanta and onto I-20 ...
Sunday, January 29, 2012

Bethabara

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Pronounced beth-ab-bra, it is the place where John the Baptist baptized Jesus, and the basic tenet of the Bethabara Moravian faith is base...
Saturday, January 28, 2012

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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Someone at the hospital wondered why John and I hadn't been to Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  I asked John what was IN Winston-Salem, a...