• Merryville is a very pretty and some say a bit quirky, though neighborly, little town. A simple place, in a simpler time, it sits within a small valley ringed with evergreens, wild cherry trees and several small farms . Most folks who grow up in Merryville, tend to stay in Merryville. Just a bicycle's ride to the coast, you'll find the loveliest lilacs grow here in spring, and folks come from miles around, just to see our bluebirds, and to hear the blackbirds sing.


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  • The kettle's always on in Merryville. It whistles a song of peace.




  • Now, while you may say that Merryville isn't a real place, you can't really say that it doesn't exist. Merryville is as real to me as any place on earth. It dwells in my heart, and in the spirit with which I try to approach living.




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America the Beautiful

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Webster's dictionary defines democracy as:

 A government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections.    

It takes courage and dedication for a person and his family to run for public office, and especially to run for office of President of these United States.  A person has to believe so strongly in the greater good of this country just to survive the process, I think.  Without the people, regardless of political party, who run for public office, without the people, regardless of political party, who show up and exercise their right to vote, we don't have a democracy.  It takes all of us.  We, the People.  I love this country, and I love what we stand for. We are strong because we care so deeply, and because we stand up for each other, and our right to agree or to disagree. Thank you to everyone, regardless of party, for showing up, for working so hard, and for voting. 

We all won. 

 America, the beautiful. 

 

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  • Mrs. Staggs loves to garden, and you will often find her outside wandering about her property with her faithful companion, Miss Luna, in a long skirt and wellies, with a trowel or other garden implements in hand. Known for her lovely roses and the tallest foxgloves you ever did see, Mrs. Staggs also grows an abundant vegetable garden, and a great many dahlias that she loves to share. Pickled beets, and giant sunflowers, tomatoes and collard greens, are just a few of the crops Mrs. Staggs will grow this year. Well, she'll have to pickle the beets after she grows them, but you know what I mean!