Showing posts with label Pendleton County. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pendleton County. Show all posts
Monday, January 23, 2017

Waiting on Dandelions

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I remember when I was a kid that one of the biggest events of late winter was searching for the first dandelion.  Granny always told us tha...
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Monday, August 29, 2011

Second Edition of "Goin Up Gandy" Now Available

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It has recently been brought to my attention that one of my favorite books, "Goin' Up Gandy" by Don Teter has been reissued in...
Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Belvedere

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When I was growing up, I was considered by my family to be the pet pig. This was because I was the baby of the bunch, and for 12 years I rem...
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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Marked?

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It all began on that night so long ago. It was hot when it happened, it was sometime way down in the summertime. I remember it was about the...
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Thursday, April 22, 2010

West Virginia: Land of Tomatoes?

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It's getting to be that time of year again. Time to be getting your tomato plants out into your garden. It seems that everyone I know ...
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Thursday, January 21, 2010

Winter Sets In

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The slate gray abyss presses down upon my mountain home, It forces an uneasy feeling upon us And causes Maw to snip at us. “Was you born in ...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Camp Chase

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Today finds me thinking about my gr-gr-gr-gr-grandfather, Joseph Lantz, and the horrors he must have witnessed and was subjected to while in...
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Wordless Wednesday

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Friday, December 18, 2009

Diet Pepsi or Pepsi Cola?

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“Diet Pepsi or Pepsi Cola”, Grandmaw Ev hollered as she saw our truck pull into her driveway. All of us kids hollered back, “Pepsi Cola!...
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Friday, November 20, 2009

Walking with Dad

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Every year about this time, I head for the mountain for a week with my family and doing a little hunting. My Dad and I traipse all over the...
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Monday, October 19, 2009

The First Snow

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Though every year it comes back anew, And wears out its welcome all too soon. Something magical begins to take place That rekindles memories...
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Thursday, October 15, 2009

The School Halloween Party

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I remember growing up, we always had a Halloween Party at school every year. It was always held on the Friday before Halloween. The school w...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Granddaddy in the Timber Camps

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In the 2nd row (just to the right of the tear) is my great-great grandfather, Charley Burns, who worked the timber camps around the turn of...
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Monday, August 17, 2009

Old Time Ways

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I thought I'd share a little bit from the book "Our Roots Are In The Mountains" by a distant cousin of mine, Jocie (Thompson) ...
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Jack and Jenny

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I remember when I was growing up on the farm that we had two old donkey’s, a jack and a jenny, which we gave the ever-original donkey names ...
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