Drop The Handkerchief
Drop the Handkerchief is a game I remember playing in the gym of the old Martins Creek School. The game…
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Planting By The Signs May 2013
I’ve been dreaming about fresh tomatoes, bright yellow squash, and eating a cucumber still warm from the sunshine sprinkled with…
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Mumbly Peg
Mumbly peg (or mumble peg) is a game I’ve seen boys play during my lifetime. I’ve even seen grown men…
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Freeze Tag
Did you ever play freeze tag? Ed Ammons sent me this short description of Freeze Tag: How to Play Freeze…
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Choices
If you haven’t heard, George Jones passed away on Friday, he was 81 years old. Most country music fans loved…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – All Leafed Out
Southern Appalachia has leafed out. The rain we had earlier this week coaxed the leaves to finish unfurling on most…
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Blowing Bubbles
Blowing bubbles is a right of childhood. At some point, either at home or at school, children experience the joy…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – A Great Circle Of Dance
Last weekend, me and the girls made our annual trek to Berea, Kentucky to participate in Mountain Folk Festival. The weeks leading…
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Playing Marbles
I’ve always loved marbles not necessary to play with, just to hold in my hand and look at. I remember…
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Pretty Girl Station
Angie and Tipper – Martins Creek Elementary School Pretty Girl Station is a game I remember playing in the grassy…
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Unique Baby Dolls
When I was a little girl my favorite thing to play with was my dolls. There was a doll on…
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Tis A Song That Should Linger – And It Has
Hard Times Come Again No More was written by Stephen Foster in 1855. Since Foster was a songwriter by trade I’m sure…
