Tag: mountains
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Thank ye, Kindly
If there’s anything your mama taught you that you should still be doing, it’s thanking people when they do some kindness for you. I love to hear moms and dads tell their kids “Say thank you!” And then their little voices, repeating it, is so sweet. I think the people out in Western North Carolina…
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A Father’s Day Excursus
The thing I remember about my own dad is that sometimes I got to sit next to him or on his lap and get involved in whatever he was doing. I think kids look up to adults for such modeling and formative behaviors. I mean it’s not always innocent. Daddy gave me a cigarette when…
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Changing Culture in the Mountains
I don’t really know what compelled my ancestors to seek out a place as far back up the holler as they could get to scrape out an existence. Were they running from something or someone? Were they just plumb tuckered out at dealing with people? Were they living out a calling of some kind to…
Back Up the Holler 