I have discovered a great little secret in the mountains of Hiawassee, Georgia. It is a wonderful coffee house cafe called, “Mountain Perk Coffee House Cafe”. Whenever I am in the area with a extra time to kill, I always stop in to have a white chocolate latte and blueberry scone. I set up my [...]
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The Mountain Perk Coffee House
May 13th, 2010 
Tracy Matlack 
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1 Comment »Living Lightly, No Expectations
April 29th, 2010 Tracy Matlack Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it.” ~Eckhart Tolle Does everything in our life have to be categorized as either “good” or “bad”? How about if things just “are”. Can we just accept things as they come and experience them as they are, without expectations? Expectations only leave us [...]
Posted in Living, Tracy Matlack Tags: bad, Eckhart Tolle, expectations, good, judge, Lightly, Living 1 Comment »Earth Day Last Minute Ideas
April 22nd, 2010 Tracy Matlack Did you forget today is Earth Day? Actually, today marks the 40th anniversary and countries all over the world are celebrating. President Barack Obama is hosting an Earth Day reception with environmental leaders in Washington. There are so many things we can do to help our environment. To learn about some last minute things you [...]
Posted in Health, Living, Tracy Matlack Tags: 4oth anniversary, celebrate, earth day, ecosalon, environment, go green, nature, nature conservancy, preserve, world 2 Comments »Senior Prom Night
April 20th, 2010 Tracy Matlack What an awesome sight! My son Mark all dressed up in a black tuxedo. As I have mentioned in previous posts, Mark is a senior in high school and we are experiencing all of the wonderful yet scary things that happen during that last year of high school. He has been accepted to the college [...]
Posted in Living, Tracy Matlack Tags: adventures, blessed, dancing, dinner, Enrico's Italian, friend, high school, junior, memories, princess, prom, senior, trip, tuxedo 2 Comments »Enjoy the Moment
April 13th, 2010 Tracy Matlack Do you find that you are rushing through life and not stopping to enjoy the very moment you are in? Lately I have so much on my mind that I am continuously thinking into the future. It’s like I am wishing my life away, hoping and dreaming of what is next. I really want to [...]
Posted in Living, Tracy Matlack Tags: attitude, believe, Dr. Wayne Dyer, dreaming, enjoy, experience, future, judgment, moment, positive, wisdom No Comments »Take Responsibility for Your Life
April 7th, 2010 Tracy Matlack I read this article by Dr. Wayne Dyer and it completely changed the way I have been thinking. It gave me a new understanding and hope for my future. Things don’t always go as planned, I will be first to say that. I have had many things in my life fall apart at the seams. [...]
Posted in Health, Living, Tracy Matlack Tags: article, attitude, blame, blaming, Dr. Wayne Dyer, experiences, faith, foster home, future, gifts, God, happiness, Health, pity, positive, self-reliance, success No Comments »Do Words Have Power?
March 28th, 2010 Tracy Matlack Never underestimate the power of your words. With one small word you can change a person’s life. For better or for worse. We are all put in eachother’s lives to impact one another in some way. How are you going to impact them, with positive encouraging words or words that tear them down and break [...]
Posted in Health, Living, Tracy Matlack Tags: affirm, Bible, empower, encouraging, God, gossip, positive thinking, powerful, tongue, words 31 Comments »Mars Spectacular
March 25th, 2010 Tracy Matlack I have always been interested in the stars. I love looking up and identifying the constellations and viewing the Milky Way. My son Mark has picked up my fascination. By a very young age he could point out the Big Dipper, Orion’s Belt, Ursus Major and Minor. He learned the names of the planets quickly [...]
Posted in Science, Tracy Matlack Tags: Big Dipper, constellation, galaxy, georgia, Internet, mars, Milky Way, Orion's Belt, planet, planets, sky, Ursus No Comments »St. Patrick’s Day Why Do We Wear Green?
March 17th, 2010 Tracy Matlack Top O’ the mornin’ to ya all! Are you wearin your green? What is all the green about and who started it? At the age of sixteen, Patrick was kidnapped by Irish raiders and taken captive to Ireland as a slave. He had a dream and in that dream he was told by God to [...]
Posted in Holidays, Tracy Matlack Tags: blessing, Christian, clover, green, Ireland, Irish, leprechaun, orange, parade, pinch, shamrock, St. Patrick, Wearing of the Green 3 Comments »Live, Laugh and Love
March 16th, 2010 Tracy Matlack Today is my birthday. Birthdays have always been a great joy to me. I don’t care how old I am, the years just don’t matter. I believe it’s what’s in your heart that keeps you any age you want to be. I choose to remain about 27. Old enough to have a little wisdom under [...]
Posted in Books, Living, Tracy Matlack Tags: adventure, Athens, beach, birthday, calamari, coffee, Cordoba, dance, excitement, free spirited, fresh, heart, journey, optimistic, Santiago, Sydney, tapas, travel, wine No Comments »
