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…
Determined Mountaineers
Photo courtesy of Western Carolina University Southern Appalachian Digital Collections Aden A. Carver, Smokemont, N.C. “Uncle” Carver at age 91 years…
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…
Worry & Work
Work is good for the soul and the body. My dear mother-in-law Gracie, sent us this “prescription” many years ago:…
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…
Miss Cindy
Miss Cindy and The Deer Hunter My mother n law Miss Cindy has been my biggest fan since the very…
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…
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…
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…
The Sound of Wind
About the wind, it is a world of a subject. It may not talk but it comes awful close and…
Stories of Old Friends
Steve, Granny, and Pap When Granny and Pap were first married they lived in town in a little place they…
Preacher Bird
While chicken is today among the less expensive meats found in your local grocery store, though none of them is…