Last week, the Spencer family set out to Spencer Branch to stack hay. They had just arrived at the homeplace farm where Coy, Virgie, and Mary were ready and waiting to help. Coy had already harnessed Pete and Kate, and the time had come to hit the hayfield… ________________________ Daddy…
Buzzard’s Roost by Steve Tweed July 11, 2017 Hi, Folks! I hope everyone has been doing well. After taking a couple of weeks off from writing, I decided I wanted to do something just a little different this week. I went on a little adventure yesterday and decided that I…
Most folks think it’s summer, and they’d be right, but that’s not all it is. It’s also Tractor Season. Those tractors have come out of barns everywhere and rattle up and down the roads in every direction. They roam the hills mowing down grass and then raking it into windrows.…
When you’re a child, living on a farm is just about the most marvelous thing in the world. There is so much to do, and it’s so easy to get into trouble. Libby and I, who were really best friends as well as sisters, found all sorts of things to…
I got a lot of things to tell you about livin’ in these ole hills. Why, I’ve told these bits and pieces over an’ over through the years, first to my young’uns an’ then to my young’uns young’uns. But you need to hear ‘em, too, so you listen right close…
Hi, Folks! Instead of telling a story this week, I wanted to do something a little different. I don’t think there is anyone on Earth who does not enjoy a rainbow. Having taken up photography several years ago, it made me slow down and take notice of things. One thing…
A simple plain block of sandstone contains the whole of my life on this earth. It is a remarkable vessel even though it is solid. It has the memory of an elephant even though it has no mind. It holds every emotion I can think of even though it’s an…
Hello Friends! Last week, I told you of how Mom left Aunt Bet out of her wedding after promising her she could come. This week, we will fast forward five years from 1958 to 1963 for another wedding. Travel back with me to the day that Aunt Bet married Uncle…
Two sisters, 19 months apart in age. So alike; so different. Best friends most of the time; worst enemies some of the time. It was a very complicated relationship. 22 year old Joan drove to Winston-Salem where she met her 20 year old sister Betty who lived and worked there.…
Hi, Folks! As most of you know, mountain folks are musical. They are known for their ability to sing and play a variety of musical instruments. They even improvise, utilizing the unlikeliest of items in order to make rhythmical sounds, such as spoons, a broom or just their hands. In…
