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Dozing in a Tornado Watch

admin writes, "By Bill Allen © It was while dozing in the embrace of thunder rumblings, unaware of a tornado watch imposed by the weather gurus, that I remembered forty or more April Fools' Days that marked the first day of trout season in the mountains. Now...if you do not believe it is possible to doze through a tornado watch, listen to these points: "

Posted on Apr 06, 2008 10:30am. (Read More... | 2105 bytes more)

The Buds WILL Come... By Bill Allen (copyright)

admin writes, "Forty six years ago, in a March after the groundhogs did NOT see their shadows, and we were promised an early Spring, I caught a Greyhound in Memphis and rode all the way East to Murphy, N.C. in a sleety blizzard. A magazine assignment in Hernando, MS was aborted and we joined a rowdy group outside Graceland to welcome our Elvis home from Germany in a snowstorm. All flights were grounded....Thus, the bus."

Posted on Mar 10, 2008 17:23pm. (Read More... | 1507 bytes more)

Remedies and Reminiscenses By Bill Allen (copy write)

admin writes, "I was looking back into some notebooks I kept when I first went to the southern appalachians and talked with people who had lived most of their lives far from a drug store or a physician. Herewith are several home remedies I heard about and either used or witnessed the use of over many years."

Posted on Jan 14, 2008 16:50pm. (Read More... | 1736 bytes more)

Cartoochejaye by Bill Allen ©

admin writes, "John Slagle had two boys and a girl. They all helped him in his woodworking shop and in just about everything else he did.. But he still had a hired hand named Whid, who helped Miss Lucy Slagle around the house and yard."

Posted on Dec 03, 2007 13:54pm. (Read More... | 2756 bytes more)

Eyes in the Night=Foxfire By Bill Allen (copywrite)

admin writes, "One of my first grand memories of the mountains was the sound of a hissing and spitting cat and the sight of two slanted, glimmering eyes, green-yellow in the dark of a camp tent. I was about twelve, and it was my first away-from-home experience with a battalion of boys bound for any prank, messy, squirmy or spooky."

Posted on Nov 05, 2007 17:50pm. (Read More... | 1749 bytes more)

Gems Haunt Me By Bill Allen ©

admin writes, "One of the southeast mountains’ bounty that filled my family’s life was the plethora of jewels."

Posted on Oct 15, 2007 16:26pm. (Read More... | 2560 bytes more)

The B. I. B.

admin writes, "By Bill Allen © I was visiting my Marine veteran grandson’s new house and got thirsty, so I went to the refrigerator to help myself to some iced tea...or whatever I could find. Behold! A beautifully sculptured chocolate and raspberry cheesecake wedge glistened in a snaplock vinyl pie dish. "

Posted on Aug 22, 2007 12:28pm. (Read More... | 2580 bytes more)