Childhood Memories from Day’s Gone By
Tipper and Paul Yes I’ve made Toad Frog houses in wet sand. Lots of fun till a horse drawn wagon came…
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Hunting Old Bottles in Georgia
Today’s post was written by Chatter. Recently, Austin and I had the opportunity to hunt for old bottles and jars…
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Dinner Bells
The antiquated dinner bell is a time-honored reminder of delicious home-cooked meals. But, like many another sound once so familiar,…
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Spring Lizards & Salamanders
I’ve always been fascinated by the lizards around my mountain holler. There’s the eastern fence lizards that look like miniature…
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The Miracle of Dew
The quote from Harvey Miller I shared in yesterday’s post got me to thinking about dew. As Miller indicated, the…
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Long Gone Days & Brand New Tennessee Waltz
Pap and Granny in Wilson Holler at his parents’ home This week when I stayed with Granny she was in…
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Childhood Memories and Mend a Kits
Today’s guest post was written by Betty King. In the Piedmont of North Carolina we used chipped, cracked and sometimes…
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John McCaulley – Cades Cove
Cades Cove Cades Cove is one of the most visited places in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, if not…
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Blue Beans and Mamaw
Our beans are really coming in and we’ve been canning every weekend. The other day The Deer Hunter was getting…
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The Bull and Baseball
Today’s guest post was written by Garland Davis. I grew up in Western North Carolina in the fifties. As far as…
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Summer Was Hard On Feet
stone bruise noun a bruise on the sole of the foot, especially the heel, from going barefoot and stepping on…
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Degrees of Non-Workability
After reading last Friday’s post Jim Doss sent me the following in an email. I always heard from my Dad…
