Thoughts on Tall Weeds and Rust
Today’s guest post was written by Don Casada. You can see the post that spurred his thoughts here. Inexplicably, I…
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I Never Minded Work
Earlier this week I spent time talking with Rachel Virginia Hicks, better known as Sis or Granny. We had a…
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The Importance of Documenting Photos
Granny with siblings and cousin (she’s on the far right of the second row) On yesterday’s post several folks lamented…
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A Pictorial History
Gideon Laney, daughter Grace Laney, a boy, and a man Photo courtesy of Western Carolina University Southern Appalachian Digital Collections…
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The Music of Every Day Sounds
How can anyone make another hear the nice musical sounds of the realistic, common everyday things, like the cracklin’ of…
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Using an Axe
My daddy carried a double bitted axe. One side he kept fairly dull and used it for splitting. The other…
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Waiting on Shingles
Nearly 30 years ago when Pap and The Deer Hunter built our house metal roofs were just beginning to get…
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Rainy Weather
It seems like the wet weather pattern we’ve been in for the last several years has returned. We had a…
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From the Archives: Like Desperados
January 31, 2016 Spending any amount of time at the VA Hospital in Oteen makes one think of old men….
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Snowy Drives
Today’s guest post was written by Chip Bradshaw. I realize snow storms are “old hat” to some of you but…
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Blind Pig & The Acorn in 2023
Every January I study on what I’d like to accomplish on the Blind Pig and The Acorn in the coming…
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Do You Have A Big Light?
A few weeks ago Chitter told me to cut the big light on as I came into the living room….
