Still not a lot of time for blogging, reading or writing - one week to go on the Mitchell County project, and then I am off to Gettysburg.

I did spend some enjoyable time last evening working on the final text for the Blalock Civil War Trail marker here in Avery County, and on a flag that has recently come to light attributed to Brig. Gen. Lawrence Branch.

Lots of fun, but alas, I need to go and write a caption about S. G. Brinkley, who, in the late 1800s, had the world’s longest beard.