Great Grandmother’s Apron
Since the first of the year I’ve made a real effort to clean out drawers and closets. I want to…
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From the Archives – Come in and Warm
January 21, 2020 come in and warm, come into the fire verb phrase To come into the house and get…
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The Mud is Back
We are living in a sea of mud. I knew it was coming because of the bitter cold temperatures we’ve…
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RIP William Henry “Lucky” Jenkins
Granny and Lucky a few years ago William Henry “Lucky” Jenkins Obituary William Henry “Lucky” Jenkins 78, of the Hot…
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Walking Barefooted in the Snow
Around the weathered old cabin a prophetic wind throbbed like a muted trumpet. It whispered of winter and of snow….
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Everyday Joy
I Have Found Such Joy I have found such joy in simple things:A plain, clean room, a nut-brown loaf of…
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Tom Tricken Tracken
When I was little my Nanna use to recite this little rhyme to me… I climbed up stimber stammer,I looked…
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I Got A Little Snow
We only got a small amount of snow, but I love it so much I’ll take it. The accumulation was…
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Blind Pig and The Acorn – 2024 in Review
Every January I take a look back at what I’ve written during the course of the previous year. I’m always…
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Ruling Days in Appalachia
“The twelve days beginning on Christmas day, each one of which is said to govern the weather for one month…
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From the Archives: Granny’s Christmas Eve Story
December 24, 2018 Granny (on right) and her sister Geneaive The other evening I stopped by Granny’s after work like…
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Russian Tea for Christmas
RUSSIAN TEA At Christmas Momma always made a big batch, or maybe two or three of them, of this seasonal…
