Slingshot Memories
Today’s guest post was written by Jim Casada. THOSE WERE THE DAYS: WHERE IS THE BOY WITH THE SLINGSHOT? Recently…
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Making Slingshots
Ila helping Mary with her slingshot I registered for the nature studies class months ago. I didn’t tell Paul about…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Snake Spit
When I was a girl the kids in the holler often played outside together in a gang that ranged from…
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Swimming Memories
Corie enjoying Lake Chatuge Morning Miss Tipper and everyone. Loving these memories. When I was a very young girl my…
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Childhood Dolls
Children’s choice of games was as big as their imaginations, coupled with the ingenuity of their elders. The favorite of…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Honeysuckle
Our nephew Ben and his sweet wife hosted a 4th of July cookout for all of us at their house….
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Spring and Children’s Competitions
Rooster fight-A children’s competition of various kinds, esp to pull the stems of violets against one another to determine which…
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School Memory Books
I was 8 yr. old, in the 3rd grade in 1955. At the end of the school year, along with pictures, we received…
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Going Snipe Hunting
Tipper There really is such a bird as a snipe, but he does not live here. Country boys played this…
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Tom Tricken Tracken
When I was little my Nanna use to recite this little rhyme to me… I climbed up stimber stammer,I looked…
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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…
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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…
