The 1830 Indian Removal Act required that the Cherokee Nation surrender ancestral lands and move west. In 1838, more than 16,000 Cherokee Nation citizens began their trek west from their traditional eastern homeland to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) along the Trail of Tears. They traveled by existing roads and rivers. Many groups left in the…

Tsa-La-Gi Trail, of course, is part of the Trail of Tears that I talked about in a previous episode. Something I’ve been thinking about for a long time, you know, every time I’m driving along, because sometimes it’s actually on the roads, you know, the trails become roads and such. Read the full post at…

Have you ever heard of the Trail of Tears? I’ve mentioned it a few times on the show, mainly because I see signs for it all around here. And the phrase is popular in the media. There are two state parks, a band, 3 albums, and 8 songs titled “Trail of Tears”. Apparently, this part…

You know, we’ve been doing an annual episode on the ten longest-lived people ever for several years now, but it’s always been just women. Men can’t even make it into the top 25. In this episode, we’re setting the girls aside for once and giving the boys a chance. Why do women live longer than…

My goal is to live a long, healthy, happy, active life right up to the very end, all about living long and loving life, and that’s what I’m trying to do today. Starting off at the marina at Lake Fayetteville, I’m going to get a couple of beautiful winter shots of the lake. It’s a…

We may just be wandering around for a little bit here. Hopefully, I don’t get lost. But if I do, that’ll just mean more adventure for us today. Probably ought to go with someone who’s more experienced here. Top of the mountain here, we call it that. They do call it that; it is about…

For a long time, I’ve wanted to do an episode on the oldest people in history. And I’m not talking about the list I bring to you every year. That’s just the ones that have undergone a rigorous verification process. To make that list, you have to be thoroughly investigated by the Gerontology Research Group,…

Philosophy department, I suppose, is as good as any to describe this, but I’m thinking lately about you know, what to do. Let’s say I was very wealthy. What would I do? And I think it’s pretty obvious that, you know, most of it will be given away. Nobody needs a hundred million dollars, or…

The lake is beautiful year-round. I think I’ve got, I don’t know how many pictures I’ve got of the lake. I’ve got sunset, sunrise, full moon. I have all kinds of pictures of the lake, and they’re all beautiful.   Read the full post at http://RunningAFEVER.com/445   Check out this episode!

Well, it’s a beautiful day at Lake Fayetteville, and I think it’s about 77 degrees. No clouds in the sky whatsoever. I think this is pretty much the weather we had yesterday. I didn’t really get out. I was working in the studio. Saturday, it rained a lot for the first time in quite a…