Logging and Deep Hollows
When I was 9 or 10 years old, I was allowed to accompany and help a professional forester buying logs…
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Relishing the Call of the Whippoorwills
Most springs we have one lone whippoorwill that makes its presence known early in the morning and late in the…
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From the Archives: Grateful in Appalachia
“Louisa had never been grateful for anything, but from Corie she learned gratefulness and thankfulness for all things: dry wood,…
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Living Close to the Land for Generations
Here in the Blue Ridge, we are either on top of the mountains looking down into sprawling hollers covered with trees…
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Determined Mountaineers
Photo courtesy of Western Carolina University Southern Appalachian Digital Collections Aden A. Carver, Smokemont, N.C. “Uncle” Carver at age 91 years…
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Treasure from Long Gone Garden
Sunday evening The Deer Hunter, Chatter, and I went on a short hike up the creek. We knew we didn’t…
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Worry & Work
Work is good for the soul and the body. My dear mother-in-law Gracie, sent us this “prescription” many years ago:…
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A Waste Not Want Not Attitude
Curtis and Bonnie Miss Cindy has been talking about her family a lot over the last several days. The only…
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Miss Cindy
Miss Cindy and The Deer Hunter My mother n law Miss Cindy has been my biggest fan since the very…
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Green-up Time
Green-up Time“It’s coming green-up.” -Bill Dwyer The winds of winter taper;Calm reigns on hills and lea.A fulsome warmth comes creepingIn…
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Frost on the Potatoes
With frost and freeze warnings for much of the area I’ve been anxiously looking at the thermometer each morning. Yesterday…
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Are You Afraid to Die?
Today’s post was written by Paul. Ira Louvin For this year’s birthday tribute video for Ira Louvin, I debated between…
