We at Wythe Notes, meaning Anne, me, and Sassy Cat, are pleased to announce that after several months of begging and pleading on my part, Wythe Notes has been added to the Roanoke Times Community Blog Roll. Go to www.Roanoke.com, click on Blogs and scroll down. This knowledge and $1-$3 will now get you a [...]
Entries from March 31st, 2010
the nightbird’s song
March 26th, 2010 · No Comments · musings
5 am finds me lightly dressed, with a cup of coffee in hand, standing on the front porch in the predawn darkness. The air clings with a damp chill from the previous night’s rain. I instinctively feel the underlying hint of promised warmth in the weeks ahead. Down by the creek, the croaking of the [...]
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meet ronnie richardson, sr
March 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment · faces and places, video
I met Ronnie Richardson, Sr a couple of weeks ago in the waiting area of the Bland Medical Clinic in Bastion. Ronnie is a very open person about his life and circumstances. Within a few minutes conversation, I found out Ronnie cannot read or write, is disabled, is very poor, was an abused child, once [...]
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it’s the first day……….
March 20th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring. It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring. Hey! Did I mention it’s the first day of spring? Wooooooooooooohoooooooooooooooo! It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring. It’s the first day…….
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Viva la cocina de Mexico!
March 18th, 2010 · 2 Comments · food
When I first started Wythe Notes, I had visions of writing about home-cooked Southern food and the great little Mom and Pop restaurants that prepared it from scratch. Little did I realize that those places are as hard to find as hen’s teeth. Sure, there are lots of places that advertise “home cooking” and “family-style [...]
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this little feller needs help
March 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment · wildlife
At some point in the near future, I plan to do a longer post about feral and free-roaming cats, but this little kitten needs help now. Last month, someone abandoned this one and two others in front of the Ft. Chiswell Laundromat. One of the private agencies that deals with this problem was called, and [...]
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this country is going to hell…one stupid regulation at a time
March 14th, 2010 · 1 Comment · rants
Common sense is a quality that is rapidly disappearing in this country thanks in due part to political correctness, government regulation, sleazy politics, religious zealotry, litigation, and just plain stupidity. Sorry to break it to you Sarah Palin, but your child is RETARDED! According to the 2002 edition of the Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary, the word [...]
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up on cripple creek
March 12th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Sources, video
The life I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and that in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place my touch will be felt. -Frederick Buechner I realized the other day that I’ve been online for 30 years this month. Yes, you read that correctly, [...]
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peeeeeeeeeeehew…spring is in the air
March 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · wildlife
Crossin’ the highway late last night He shoulda looked left and he shoulda looked right He didn’t see the station wagon car The skunk got squashed and there you are! You got yer Dead skunk in the middle of the road Dead skunk in the middle of the road You got yer dead skunk in [...]
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