Boone, North Carolina

 

       This is not the first time I’ve visited, Boone and I doubt it will be the last. To be honest, I do love this town. There are several great restaurants on King Street downtown, and great shopping. But let’s face it, your town has that too. What makes Boone a great destination isn’t what’s on the street, but who.

      This gem can be found riding high on the Bible Belt of the United States. But in spite of that, it’s one of the most progressive populations around. It’s probably due to the amazing college here, that ignorance is so far less rampant than in some of the surrounding areas.  Asheville has long touted such sentiments as ‘Keep Asheville Weird’ but Boone? May just surpass it shortly. Almost none of the bathrooms downtown are gender specific. The only prerequisite to using them is the ability to flush.
     Nestled in the hills of western North Carolina, Boone is home to some pretty amazing characters. The kind of folks that decide, ‘my restaurant will serve food to anyone regardless of what they can afford!’, as Farm Cafe does. I suppose the best way to verbalize it, is that Boone is a place with great humanity.

     I can’t tell you, from my perspective, about all the places I never went inside of. I can tell you that you can get lost inside Timely Treasures antique store for hours if you don’t watch the time. I’m pretty sure it’s in a perrigren loop of its own. That the Mast General Store has nostalgia on tap, and the Dancing Moon has whatever your spirit desires. The Boone Mini Mall has several can’t miss shops as well. Our Daily Bread and Farm Cafe are musts for lunch.

    This town is just friendlier than many of its neighbors here bordering the south. It’s easy to forget entirely about the political climate outside of this place. Recently welcoming an Escape Room, Boone just keeps getting cooler with more to do.

 

Online Rainbow Song Book

     I continue to be asked every now and again to post lyrics to songs from time to time and feel it is in our best interest to keep them handy online. For that reason alone I am typing them here, for once and for all to access whenever they want


The River is Flowing

The river is flowing,
Flowing and growing
The river is flowing
Down to the sea

Mother, carry me
Your child I will always be
Mother, carry me
Down to the sea


Fire, Sacred Fire

Fire, Sacred Fire,
Burning through the night
Come to me in my dream time
Bring me great visions of light
Circle round, spiral down,
Into this heart open wide,
Healing light, burning bright,
Dry these tears that I cried
(Repeat as desired)



Earth My Body

*Earth, my body, water my blood,
Air my breath and fire my spirit*
X2
Mother, I feel you under my feet,
Mother I feel your heartbeat,
Father, I see you where the eagles fly,
Spirit’s gonna take us higher and higher
(Repeat chorus*)
Heya heya heya heya heya heya Ho,
X2

One Planet is Turning One planet is turning Circle on her path around the sun Earth mother she’s calling Her children home Light is returning Even though it is the darkest hour No one can hold Back the dawn Let’s keep it burning Let’s keep the flame of hope alive Make safe our journey Through the storm
We are Spiraling into the Center

We are spiraling into the center,
The center of the earth,
We are spriraling into the center
The center of our hearts

We are the weavers,
We are the woven ones,
We are the dreamers, we are the dream