For the past few evenings we’ve been hearing a lone whippoorwill singing its heart out. Most years we hear a whippoorwill at dawn too, but not this year. With our one whippoorwill singing it’s warbling note it’s hard to believe there was a time there was so many whipporwills calling it was hard to hear anything else. Pap said when he was a boy there was lots of whippoorwills. He told me a funny story about them. Old man Jeff…
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Animals In Appalachia
With Turkey season just around the corner I was reminded of a story one of Paul’s friends told him. It…
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Today’s post was written by Chitter. Being a mother to six baby chicks is no easy work, and it makes…
Photo courtesy of kariannlovessushi A few months back Miss Cindy sent me an email and told me there was a strange…