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Publication Day #pubday

#MagnoliaElegy At long last. “Magnolia Elegy: Place In the Edisto Fork” pays homage to an Agrarian time and place. It tells of the passing of that Time and the loss of that Place—undespairing, seeking no pity—through the eyes of the writer, the third generation of his placeholder family. It is... Read more →

German Prisoners of War In South Carolina: Update

Call them Hanz, or call them Ishmael. They were European men who, by accident of birth, were caught on the losing side of the Second World War and were confined behind barbed wire fences in mostly rural communities in the United States. Since “German POWs in South Carolina” was published... Read more →

The Old Ways — And the Real Deal

Note: This story was dealt with in several scattered posts on Old Ones Dream back during the summer of 2013. The following is to collect and expand and replace those posts in more appropriate fashion. Classic Rock, a Longhorn steer with a story and a part to play — one... Read more →

John Tatum - River Pilot

My great grandfather John Tatum walked home from Virginia and arrived in late May 1865 suffering from chronic diarrhea. He had been issued a mule at the surrender and he could have ridden it home and perhaps used it to help him plant a crop—but early in the journey he... Read more →

The Best I Ever Had: Tales from the Kitchen

Tales from the Kitchen Shot Fried Chicken Farm supply travelling salesmen often timed their arrival on The Place at about dinnertime (the mid-day meal). Shot was the reason. She was the household overseer and administrative courier for the farm operation. She famously prepared the mid-day meal and Shot Fried Chicken... Read more →

My Briar Patch, 29038

Cope, South Carolina A Tiny Town You've Never Heard Of Where we learned early of BBQ, Pig Shipping, Train Watching and Methodism -- not necessarily in that order. Click Here to Visit Reblogged from www.onlyinyourstate.com Read more →

Our Two Rivers

Queen Esther “Rae” Franklin 1932 - 2016 Photo courtesy of her family Our Two Rivers Queen Esther became a member of our new small family 50 years ago in the late 1960s – Tanne and the children and I called her Rae. Rae quickly became our friend. It was a... Read more →

Burns, Oregon: Sanctuary for Paranoia, and Ignorance

Solitude, Industry and Lonely Work Those who work and take care of animals (cattle, horses and sheep) on family owned ranches in the Western United States often do so outdoors alone and many miles from home in the worst weather. This environment cultivates introspection and individualism. These owner operators and... Read more →

The Best Laid Plans ... by Robert Dennis

Brought Back Memories This blog post by Robert Dennis reminded me a lot of a lot of things about the early part of our lives. It is certainly descriptive of how a "good hand" can take a two man job and do it alone. It reminded me of how I... Read more →

2014: A Year of Living Distracted

Hack Attacks We were there. 2014 saw many on line entities hit by massive “distributed denial of service” (DDoS) attacks. In these cases hackers target the web servers with heavy false traffic in order to bog down the performance of the target servers with the goal being to bring down... Read more →