kingston springs

By Betsy Thorpe

Look how much fun they're BOTH having!

Tim Barnes has decided to call for a recount and the state senator who narrowly defeated him by 19 votes in the 22nd District Senate race is not pleased:

Kurita declined to listen to Barnes’ claims, saying the results speak for themselves.

Saturday morning I decided to do the loop I'd discovered a couple of weeks ago -- 11.7 miles of windy, fairly shady road with rolling hills. The best part is that, like most of my routes, it starts at my doorstep. I set out at 6, thinking I'd have plenty of time to get home, break my fast, shower, and relax before going canoeing later.

Incredible rainfall amounts across many locations in Western Middle Tennessee from Friday night/Saturday morning.  It all kind of quit when it reached eastern sections of Middle Tennessee as we only received .26 here in Cookeville.  A big thanks to Ralph Troutman at the Nashville NWS for

During the 3rd time we were in the closet in the basement last night we heard a low rumble for a couple minutes -- that got quieter as it passed by or whatever. I don't know if it was just a lot of wind or a tornado or what. It did sound freight-train-like. And scared the crap out of us.

Here is a great website I found called the Housing Predictor. They are predicting more good news for the Nashville area, which of course, includes Kingston Springs.

In Nashville the housing market boomed for at least three years, one of the longest in the country as newcomers moved to the country music capital. But home sales [...]

The other day, while fooling around with Google, I ran across this post about the Ranchettes neighborhood in Kingston Springs, which happens to be where I live.

Molly Mitchell writes:

Saturday, here in the ranchettes neighborhood in Kingston Springs, many of us got out and walked up and down the streets and roads picking up trash. Hats off to everybody that participated. Thank you for helping keep this awesome place beautiful.