Finding Beauty in the Flower Garden
Several months back Sue Myers left this comment for me: “Lovely visit in your yard and gardens today. You spoke about…
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Enjoying Watermelon
We love watermelon. Some of my favorite memories are of my Dad bringing out a watermelon on a summer evening…
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Holding on to Things You Might Need
For the last 20 years the choker cable above has been hanging in our basement. The Deer Hunter doesn’t remember…
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From the Archives – Ice in August
Library of Congress – c1907 PENNSYLVANIA–CONNEAUT LAKE Gov. Carringer describes event that happened in Graham County NC late 1800s – written…
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Dinner in the Dog Days of Summer
Today’s guest post was written by Don Casada. Bob Reid, who graduated from Swain High in 1956, and I have…
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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…
