Francis Cook – Granny Bell’s Son Part 1
Francis and his mother Anna Belle Cook The interview I’m sharing today is the first part of one Taylor did…
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Ralph Myers Remembers Granny Bell
Ralph Myers photo courtesy of Jessica Ritz Poltrock Ralph Myers was born in Akron, Ohio in 1925 and was raised…
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Aud & Becky Brown Remembering Granny Bell
Aud and Becky Brown Aud Brown was born in Clay County, North Carolina in 1950. His parents were Ralph and…
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Fred Lunsford Remembers Granny Bell
Fred Lunsford photo courtesy of BaptistPress Reverend Fred Lunsford was born on March 7th, 1925 in Marble, North Carolina. Until…
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Cornbread & Storytelling
Cornbread is the quintessential bread of Appalachia. Although batter recipes vary, the key to making traditional cornbread is to use…
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Some Things Are Meant To Keep
Now my grandfather also had an English bulldog named Buddy. Buddy was his constant companion in the way that a…
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56 Years Ago Today
Granny and Tipper August 1970 I’m 56 years young today. It’s the first birthday I’ve ever spent without my dear…
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Update on Tom Tricken Tracken
A year or so ago Karen shared a childhood rhyme with me. Here’s what she said: When I was little…
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Calling Doodle Bugs
Matt’s new shed has become a haven for doodle bugs. You can see their small round funnels everywhere in the…
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Growing Basil
“I’ve found basil to be one of the easiest herbs to grow in the garden. One of my daughters convinced…
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Life Along the Pinnacle Creek
An old picture of a baptizing in the beautiful Pinnacle Creek. Mom is on the left and Aunt Bea on…
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Empty Houses
Whenever I walk to Suffern along the Erie trackI go by a poor old farmhouse with its shingles broken and…
