This will be short for there is much to do.
We have had a bit of rain and wind here in North Carolina during last week. Hence, why this blog is late. Sorry, but unforeseen circumstances have been a mainstay around here.
I have been worried about friends and family. Luckily, I didn’t have to talk any of them either on or off a roof. I’m thankful that I don’t have a tree in my house like one of my editors does. She and hers are safe, but I’m fairly certain that oak trees are an outside plant. The devastation in our state is truly unbelievable. I have lived here well over half of my life. It is home. I have seen my share of hurricanes from the east and the south. I have seen more ice storms than I can count. I have witnessed drenching rains rolling down mountainsides. I have never seen anything that compares to what has happened in the past week.
It will take years to recover. Most infrastructure will need to be replaced. At least it will get updated. The main east/west corridor must be open, warning, the last time I-40 was blocked between TN and NC it took years to clean and fix it. Mudslides are not unknown around NC. Overflowing dams are a whole other problem.
The big cities will be okay, there is money and political pull for that. It is the small mountain communities that are in direr need of help. There are many small artist retreat centers in the mountains as well. Nonprofits at that, you know they will be in trouble for the next few years. These arts centers are a vital part of keeping these small towns from total bankruptcy. If you really want to help not only an artist and small towns think about at least donating some of your pennies:
Wildacres Retreat This is where a majority of my first book, The Harvesters, was written.
A Spec in Time Series 
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