Grace Buckner

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Gosh I love Marilynne Robinson

Ain’t nothing sweeter than a Mad Co summer

Anna and I spent the afternoon at Bluffs Mountain Outfitters, Gentry Hardware, and Vinyl Pie Pizza — recipients of the Western North Carolina Small Business Grant Initiative — as well as Big Pillow Brewing to check up on their progress rebuilding after Helene. I can vouch for the pizza and beer.

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Hot Springs home

Barn quilts at the library! I really love my job ❤️

The reading has been real good lately.

I’m a lucky gal to call this home.

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Today had some of my favorite things.

Thank you Governor Stein!

Small businesses are the beating heart of our economy. I stopped by some small businesses in Marshall – including Shady Side Florist, a recipient of a Western North Carolina Small Business Initiative grant – to see how they are recovering and rebuilding following Hurricane Helene.