From the Archives: Fishing In Choestoe Valley
June 20, 2015 Fishin’ Early with Aunt Avery written by Keith Jones My grandmother died long before I was born, but…
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…
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…
Grasshoppers and Kids
I’ve seen more grasshoppers this year than I have in years. Every time I walk through the yard it’s like…
Simple Toys
“Mom made lots of toys with strings. The button and string provided many hours of entertainment for children who didn’t…
Letters to Santa
Blind Pig and The Acorn reader Don Casada was going through old issues of several local newspapers and found a…
The Wooden Foot
Today’s guest post was written by Stephen Taylor. Tales from Kathy Campbell In late December, 2014, I went to visit…
School Fund Raiser Memories
A while back we were warming up in the back of a church before performing when I noticed the picture…
The Root of Evil
Last week when I shared the post about ginseng, J. Wayne Fears sent me an email. Here’s a portion of…
The Book
Today’s guest post was written by J. Wayne Fears. We had received our orders, we were required to read a…
The Joy of a Swing
Veler Marcus: Daddy would make us rope swings. Tie a rope in a loop on a limb in the yard…
Pretend Tobacco
“My granny dipped snuff. She washed out a snuff tin and cut me a toothbrush. She mixed cocoa powder and…