Arrowheads from the Big Garden
Katie’s April 2026 Big Garden Find We always keep an eye out for arrowheads in the big garden and in…
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Granny’s Symbolism
Granny finds symbolism in everything and I mean EVERYTHING. When I was growing up her symbolism got on my last…
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Slingshot Memories
Today’s guest post was written by Jim Casada. THOSE WERE THE DAYS: WHERE IS THE BOY WITH THE SLINGSHOT? Recently…
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RIP Larry Proffitt
DR. LARRY PROFFITT November 27, 1943 – June 20, 2026 Isaiah 40:31 in the New International Version (NIV) “but those…
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Stories from Terrapins
In the deep woods, above the old Indian’s ancient cabin of handhewn logs, there was the persistent barking of a…
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Memories of June Apples
Growing up in Goshen Valley in Northeast Tennessee, my Grammie Yankee had a cluster of June apple trees on her…
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Mountain Bald
Southern Appalachian Digital Collections Summer grazing on Mountain BaldPrint by North Carolina Museum of HistoryDate: 1906 baldA adjetive See citationsB…
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For Decoration Day
decoration, decoration day noun An occasion on which a family or church congregation gathers on a Sunday to place flowers on the graves…
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Spice Bush & Birch Tea
I’ve never been a fan of hot tea. In fact I downright disliked it. The only person I remember drinking…
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Natural Bug Repellants
The dreaded squash bugs have already found my cucumbers! I picked several off yesterday. I’m going to have to make…
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Making Slingshots
Ila helping Mary with her slingshot I registered for the nature studies class months ago. I didn’t tell Paul about…
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The Blind Pig Bounce
Today’s post was written by Paul. In the mid 90’s, I attended the University of North Carolina in Asheville to…
