Last week I told you a little about one side of my family: How growing up in depression times were tough on just about every family, but most families endured and became closer. I also introduced you to my Aunt B and told you about her taking over the household chores after the death of her mother and then she became a mother figure to her younger sister....
Read MoreMy Aunt B
Aunt B was one of my mom’s older sisters. There were four girls in the family of twelve children. Each child had their own job to do on their 100-acre farm during the days of the Great Depression. They didn’t have a lot of cash, but food was always on their Lazy Susan table. During the early 30s, three of the brothers went to Martinsville, Virginia and...
Read MoreThe History of Logging Timber
In the last few weeks, I’ve been having my timber clear cut. It’s been about twenty years since it was cut. Up until then most of our farm was in cultivation. When you harvest your timber, you should soon replant it. I am planning to replant with longleaf pine. Things have changed in the logging business since I was a kid. When our ancestors moved here,...
Read MoreAnother Pee Dee River Adventure
Last week, the skies of our state turned a dark blue. The heavy rain and strong winds came with a vengeance. Power and cable companies worked overtime to keep the utilities going. Duke Power had to find a way to take care of all the water coming from every part of the state. If anyone thinks Duke just makes power they are badly mistaken. Flood control...
Read MoreHonoring Our Fallen Soldiers
The meaning of Memorial Day is “Remembrance:” a day to honor our fallen soldiers who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Some folks get Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day confused. You see, Memorial Day, or Decoration Day, as it was called until 1971, started just after the Civil War. On this day, families would place flowers and wreaths on the graves...
Read MoreAdventures in the Pee Dee River Hills
The Pee Dee River starts around Pilot Mountain, NC, and runs 232 miles before emptying into the ocean at Georgetown, SC. It starts out by the name of the Yadkin River and turns into the Pee Dee where the Uwharrie River flows into it just below the dam at Tillery. In South Carolina it is known as the Great Pee Dee and along the river’s basin lies the most...
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