In my last blog, I was feeling a little low. But not anymore. My spirits have definitely lifted as I've had some opportunities to go down to the water's edge and see, hear, smell, and feel the magnificent beauty that nature has to offer. North Carolina is so beautiful! Last Sunday afternoon, I drove back across the border to South Carolina to briefly visit an area where my Fletcher ancestors lived for a short time along the Great Pee Dee River near Cheraw, SC. (Around the years 1780 - 1785) First, I walked all over the historic downtown area to get a feel for the lay of the land. I learned that the great jazz musician, Dizzy Gillespie's hometown was Cheraw, SC. And Cheraw's very old St. David's Church Cemetery contains the graves of many sacred men who fought during the Revolutionary War, both American Patriots and foreign forces. Scotch Highlanders came over to help in the cause for American freedom in 1780 and died fighting for us. On their hea