The other day I was helping The Deer Hunter on a job. We were just getting started and he realized he’d forgot to bring a plumb-bob with him for making sure things were straight. Before I knew what happened he’d taken a boot string out of a pair of snake boots he had in the truck, tied a wrench to one end and made his own plumb-bob. He said “How do like that?” I said “I like it a lot…
All the talk about food measurements reminded me a of a story Pap once told me. There was an older…
Over the last two weeks the Ivies have started putting on their annual show of beauty. They start out as…
Today’s guest post was written by Jim Casada. THE MYSTIFYING MATTER OF MEASUREMENTS written by Jim Casada Momma was generally…
“Most cookbooks use explicit measurements in their recipes. . . [My husband] would say, “Billie if you’ll just measure, you’d…
I’ve still been listening to the cd of Pap and Granny I found a few weeks back. I’ve especially enjoyed…
Today’s guest post was written by Ed Ammons. Did Granny ever wash out paper milk cartons and use them to…
This time of the year my eyes are awed by the mountains of Appalachia. Their green covered slopes reach out…
The 1974 Winter Edition of the Foxfire Magazine contains a compilation of newspaper articles written by Harvey Miller. At the…
Usage of the word blow To rest or catch one’s breath. 1975 Fink Backpacking 5 Here we had to stop…