Years ago it was fashionable to have family portraits – groups and individual family members. Can’t you remember the groans and complaining when time for ‘family pictures’ rolled around? Unfortunately, that tradition is not as strong as it once was, primarily because of cell phones and the casual and disposable…
I don’t think it would be proper if while sharing memories and stories if we didn’t discuss things of a haunted nature. I’m sure many of us grew up hearing ghost story or two told by family, friends or schoolmates. Most were entertaining and some down right scary. I would…
I’ve restored many images of those who fought for our freedom – several images were on tintype, some were daguerreotypes, some were long pictures of the entire squadron or company of soldiers. Others were faded Kodak snapshots, but regardless, they were important images of someone my customer loved. More importantly,…
I think it’s time to remember the the Pruitt side of the family. My Dad grew up in Laurel Springs about a mile north on the Blue Ridge Parkway from what is now Freeborne’s and Stations Inn. It was quite a large family of 17 children. With a big age…
Yesterday, Appalachian Memory Keepers asked about horses in your life, stating that ‘horses were an integral part of every Appalachian farm. This story is also about horses, sort of …. Once upon a time, the horse and buggy was the primary mode of short-distance personal transportation. Many people often couldn’t…
After such a great response from my previous tale of our childhood exploits, I thought I could add just a bit more. Everyone already knows our love of the water. It didn’t have to be deep to play. The hills and hollers are full of small springs, and if you…
This portrait was in pretty bad condition…torn, stained and missing some parts. The family ‘found’ this picture of their great-great grandfather stuffed in the back of a closet when they were cleaning out an aunt’s house. It was not framed and the many years of abuse had taken its toll…
I wouldn’t call myself anything like an expert, but I know a little bit of my family history. Sometimes, I have many more questions than answers. With the stories I’ve told and where I grew up, I think it would be appropriate to share a little background on the Sheets…
From all the memories I have shared to date it might seem that all we ever did was work. That would be a false assumption. Aside from occasional visitors, my playmates were my younger brother and sister. We had two favorite places to play, the woods and the creek. Now,…
I will begin this memory with a short history lesson to put things in context. History was always my favorite subject in school. Most people do not know that it was illegal for any printer in the “Colonies” to reproduce the English Bible. Oxford and Cambridge University press, as well…
