time of year

Ok, let's talk about today's weather.  The result, while disappointing to a lot of us, was right on track to what the National Weather Service had predicted.   I have the benefit of being able to 'look back' on their forecasts..here is what it said for today..Monday, December 1st, 2008 for right here in Cookeville, TN.

The dog and I are about to get in the car and go for a long, meandering ride culminating in a very, very short walk.

It's that time of year again and we want to wish everyone a happy holiday season. our hours are as follows:

Wednesday night we will be closing around 4 to 5am so our employees can enjoy the holiday with family.

Thanksgiving day we will be opening at 3pm and going 24 hours until Dec 24th.

Dec 24th we will be open until 6pm and reopen on Christmas day at 3pm.

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It's that time of year when it's time to give credit where credit is due. After being bedridden for 5 1/2 months, I've watched a lot of TV. In fact, I'm currently engrossed in a Trading Spouses marathon. It's a real eye opener.

A place where a girl and her dog can go to get hot chocolate after they’ve planted irises.  Brrrr.  It is cold.  But the big oak in the back yard has apparently decided that something should be falling–since we have no snow–and it is gently letting go of all its leaves.

There are not many things I miss about New York. I fell in love with Nashville and middle Tennessee shortly after moving here, and getting over the culture shock. For example, if you are walking on a downtown street in Nashville, and make eye contact with a stranger, said stranger will smile and or say hello to you.

From Tom Jester:

We hear the phrase "peace on earth" so much this time of year that it almost doesn't mean anything any more. I did this video to make "peace on earth" mean something other than absence of war. It's what peace on earth really looks like and where you can find it: Cades Cove and the Great Smoky Mountains.

We wake up to very chilly temperatures this morning across Tennessee.  At 6:00 am, lows range from 17° in the Tri-Cities (located in east Tennessee) and 19° (located in west Tennessee) up to 32° at Memphis Int'l Airport (definitely a concrete/blacktop created heat island).