We begin March 2025 and as each day unfolds and moves onto the next, that previous day will never be seen again...
Why is this important?
Well... for East TN residents, March marks that month where winter has lost its momentum and it is just a matter of days before the mild weather of spring arrives...
What does this mean?
Preparing the land for crops to be planted in the near future. The first frost free planting date is April 16.
Most people would not make this prediction until the Ides of March or the middle of the month, but I am a bit more optimistic with the southern weather.
East TN has been support weather in the high 50s low 60s for a week now and will continue to do so for another week. Yes... this is a good sign and yes... it will get cold again but will not last more than a couple of days.
March begins our transition into SPRING...
Most every day, I begin my day with a Vanilla Cappuccino not necessarily from STARBUCKS since it has gotten too expensive without a gift card.
Looking back on my life, I figure I have lived 77 pretty damn good years, considering all lives have ups and downs, highs and lows that aren't always that easy to live through.
I have seen more than the average American and experienced more than the average American as well, simply because of when I was born... which has never been in our control.
My concern recently are not the high cost of groceries or gasoline or all the illegal immigrants that were allowed into our country or the shootings of innocent children in our school systems or the potential of WWIII... no... my concern recently is that AMERICA IS DIVIDED.
She is divided, it seems, more than she was just before, just after, and during our one and only CIVIL WAR.
Now while that does not seem like a big deal to you, it is to me... and I feel that way because:
My wife and I have been retired since 2015 and for the last 10 years, we have enjoyed our retirement immensely.
From 2015 until COVID, we traveled somewhere in the USA or Europe or the Caribbean every other month, either driving or using our Delta Frequent Flyer Points.
After COVID, our traveling slowed down to only twice a year. Because of COVID, we learned to enjoy our time at home, realizing we enjoyed being at home more than traveling.
It had nothing to do with our finances as they were strong and would support for the most part, whatever we wanted to do... it was more like we just out-grew the need to see other parts of the world.
Instead of traveling, we decided to enjoy what we had in East TN.
