Prayer Meeting
Prayer Meeting written by Charles Fletcher. Every now and then you hear an older person say, “You should have seen…
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Decoration Day on Father’s Day
Today’s guest post was written by Kathy Patterson. Decoration Day at Shady Grove Baptist Church Father’s Day here at our…
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Saying Goodbye to the Heart
The old window above my desk When The Deer Hunter and I built our house almost 27 years ago we…
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Walking Doodle Bugs
Doodle Bug Hole Years ago, I had a seventh grader with big eyes whose class met after lunch. This boy always…
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Ode to the Chigger
Ode to the chigger: There was a little chigger and he weren’t no bigger than the very tiny point of…
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Our Precious Mountain Home
Today’s guest post was written by Dean Rathbone. Dean’s parents at the place below the Raven’s Cliff My Mother and…
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Making Do in Appalachia
My post last week about the creativity that can be found in the people who call the Appalachian Mountains home…
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Creativity in Appalachia
Granny’s canning shelves “Appalachian people are a creative bunch. They were always just trying to find ways of being artistic in…
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Glorious Shade
The Deer Hunter enjoying the shade The older I get the more I appreciate shade. Thankfully I live in a…
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From the Archives: Reaching For The Sunshine
The other evening I was walking up the hill from Granny and Pap’s when I noticed a Blackberry briar growing…
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Shocking Mountains
If you’ve read Blind Pig and The Acorn for any length of time you’ve heard me opine about the beautiful…
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Always Looking Ahead
Granny working with Pap in the garden back in day I’ve been helping Granny work in her yard. We’ve cleaned…
