How many hundreds of times have I watched my Grandmothers, Aunts and Mother’s hands deftly turn raw flour, shortening and…
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Farm Happenings
We’ve had a couple of warm, sunny days and that means farm chores. This week the farm chores are getting…
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Pickens, WV Pancake Breakfast
For most of the past twenty-five years, Aunt Esther and I have been going to the Pickens, WV Pancake Breakfast…
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Day’s End, Tuesday
Oh My Gosh. Daylight savings time was the master plan of Ben Franklin but he must have been a pencil…
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Sabbath Keeping
~” It is well to remember that the entire population of the universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of…
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Weather, Horses and more Weather!
The weather has been, typically, both spring and winter like recently. One day we’ll have snow, blowing snow, high winds;…
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Sabbath Keeping
This weekend has been very quiet…too quiet. We miss the happy sounds of family and are, fast and furious, talking…
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My Feet Have Wings
Most days I go like my feet have wings. I wake up when the sun wakes up, usually, although lately…
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Sabbath Keeping
The recent snowstorm is nothing more than memories and photographs; perhaps a skiff of snow on the tallest peak in…
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Cove Snow Storm
My square hay is kept in the barn loft which is accessible from three different doors, all of which are…
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Winter Storm
We’re in the midst of a winter storm, had about six or eight inches of snow last night and it’s…
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