Getting Granny’s Garden Ready
Granny has been anxious to get her garden plowed and her spring veggies planted. Over the weekend we managed to…
Foundered on Peas and New Taters
Granny Granny was a picky child and wouldn’t harldy eat nothing. She wouldn’t even eat egg whites, only the yolks….
79 Years Young
Granny and her first great grand baby Margaret Granny is 79 years young today. As always, she’s made her own…
Slipping Off to Get Married
Pap and Granny – Wilson Holler 1964 On my recent post Slipping Off, Shirl left a comment about slipping off…
Granny’s Yellow Root Scarf
Yellow root When Granny was a girl getting wood was a never ending chore. Her brothers had an old wheelbarrow…
Thanksgiving Memories from Granny
Granny and her mother Gazzie While Granny and I were planning our Thanksgiving dinner I asked her about what her…
Freckle Recipes
“Being fair-skinned and blond, I freckled easily in the summer sun. I tried everything that was purported to be a…
The Time Granny Thought She Saw a Ghost
Granny, her mother Gazzie, and her nephew Winston More than a few folks in Granny’s family left the mountains of…
The Joy of Watermelons in the Summer
The Deer Hunter enjoying a slice of watermelon I love watermelon. I always have, I mean what’s not to love?…
Of an Evening
Pap and Granny sitting in their shady backyard of an evening evening adverb The afternoon, the time between the middle…
Helping Granny
Granny’s saved okra seed The Deer Hunter and I planted Granny’s garden last week. I’ve never in my life seen…
Spreading Christmas Cheer
Geneaieve (Granny’s sister closest in age) and Louzine (Granny) A few weeks back the girls and I helped decorate Granny’s…