It’s Lamp Lighting Time In The Valley
We all go back, in our minds, to different moments of time. Happy times, sorrowful times, bittersweet times-doesn’t matter which-at…
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Ode to the Outhouse
I only used an outhouse one time. I was about 4 or 5 years old. Pap and I were at…
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My Sweet Love Ain’t Around
Rain A Falling Lonesome Sound Poor Heart Is Breaking Start To Ramble Leave This Weary Town Way Too Lonely Now…
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Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley
A few weeks ago I asked for requests for the Pickin’ & Grinnin’ In The Kitchen Spot. Today I’m going…
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Monkeys In Appalachia
When one thinks of Appalachia-Monkeys don’t usually come to mind. Although I must admit-I do live with 2 Monkey Girls….
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Southern Moon Shine Down Again
The lovely Southern Moon has been shining down on me this week. The moon is synonymous with superstition, wives tales,…
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My Native Home
The word Home brings to mind different thoughts and images. Mother seems to be a common thread in the vast…
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Paul Picks Down The Escalante
This week’s Pickin’ & Grinnin’ In The Kitchen Spot features Paul’s latest production- Down the Escalante. Paul wrote the song…
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Maggie & The Old Mill Pond
Until the mid 1950s folks took their corn, wheat, or rye to a local gristmill to have it ground into…
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Pickin & Grinnin In The Kitchen Goes to Peru
In 1913 Daniel Robles wrote a play named El Condor Pasa (The Condor Goes By). The story was set in…
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The Way Of Pickin & Grinnin In The Kitchen
*Way– habit, road, course, route, system, track, method, walk, approach, technique, procedure, trail, path, progress. There are many different “ways”….
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There Is A Time For Pickin & Grinnin In The Kitchen
Time Has Made A Change In Me-is my latest folk art painting. It is a mixed media painting with acrylic…
