Picking Wild Raspberries
The only raspberries I remember eating when I was a girl were growing in Mamaw and Papaw Wilson’s backyard. I…
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Pulp Wood Cutters
When I mentioned pulp wood cutters in yesterday’s post, Ed Ammons pointed out that everyone might not know the definition…
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Stories from the Shed Build
We’ve been pecking away at building a shed we should have built 30 years ago. I’m not much help to…
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Visiting One With Another in the Garden
Granny, Paul, Pap, and The Deer Hunter This week the weather is supposed to be more like spring of the…
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Fingerprints of Pap
This week we started one of the projects we want to do before planting the big garden this summer. Last…
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Of A..
Pap and Granny sitting in their shady backyard of an evening In Appalachia you’ll sometimes hear folks say “of a”…
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Pap Would Have Been 87
Pap, Tipper, and Steve -1970 something at Sherlock’s—a house we rented Today would have been Pap’s 87th birthday had he…
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Oh My Papa
For Father’s Day Paul uploaded the song “Oh My Papa” to the Blind Pig & The Acorn YouTube channel. Here’s…
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Never Drove a Car
Pap The comment left by Jeffery on yesterday’s post got me to thinking about folks who never picked up someone…
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From the Archives – Pap Liked to Hang Things in Trees
May 31, 2018 Like many folks from his generation, Pap held on to things other folks would throw away in…
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Joyful Corn
Pap showing off an ear of silver queen corn he grew I can’t even explain how happy I am to…
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Pap Never Mowed the Yard
Pap was one of the hardest working people I’ve ever known. We all agreed he didn’t work hard just because…
