Daddy’s Hands
Today’s post was written by Paul. Holly Dunn released “Daddy’s Hands” in 1986. I was just 12 years old at…
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Another Lick Example
John C. Campbell Folk School Dairy “Farming today was just as tough then as now. My grandpa in 1932, bought…
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Matt’s Been Fishing
Matt has enjoyed getting to go fishing a few times this spring. On his most recent trip he didn’t bring…
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Fat Pine Torches
Fat Pine Torch Our second day at the Alum Cave (and third one from home) was a remarkably cheerless one;…
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The Birth of Pap’s Big Garden
Pap tilling his garden We’ve all been staying at Granny’s more since she’s doing so poorly. Mostly we sit around…
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Pap’s Spooky Walk in the Moonlight
When Pap was about nine years old his family lived on the road just before the one we live on now…
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Just Us and the Dogs
“When I was a child, hunting with my dad was a treat. I know about those hills. I have said before, we hunted and…
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Newspaper Social Media
Wade Wilson (Pap’s father) Several months ago I shared an old flyer of Granny’s about her Grandpa W. T. Truett…
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From the Archives: Pap’s Advice of Being Your Ownself
October 10, 2021 Last week the girls uploaded a video of the old Merle Haggard song “The Way I Am.”…
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No Place Like Home
Granny’s and Pap’s porch with jars of kraut working In the Carolina mountains, home was a haven against the elements—most…
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Today is Pap’s Birthday
Tipper and Pap Today is Pap’s birthday. He would have been 88 years old. Pap died in April of 2016….
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Come In From Work
Pap’s Big Garden 2013 When I was growing up Pap worked in the garden when he come in from work….
