Calling America

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Places beginning with ‘North Carolina’

29September2007

Putting Down Roots

Posted under places beginning with: H; North Carolina; Hillsborough.

This story comes to us from Toni Jarvis of Hillsborough North Carolina. We’d like to thank Toni for including photos with her story and you can visit her blog 3 AM Designs.
I grew up as an Air Force brat, which meant that we never stayed in one place for very long. I recently met another […]

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