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Echoes From The Hillsides: Watermelon Wars
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Echoes From The Hillsides. Wednesday, June 18, 2008. Was I involved in this? Looking back I really believe that the farmer’s enjoyed the “game” as much as the “raiders” did? Regardless it was a competition that was normally “friendly.” The “raiders” were careful not to damage the farmer’s livelihood - and the farmers normally were controlled in their defenses. Now the raiders big question was whether or not the farmer really had injected a melon or was he just bluffing? The raiders did not want to stoop ...
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Echoes From The Hillsides: Cotton By The Stalk
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Echoes From The Hillsides. Monday, January 19, 2009. Cotton By The Stalk. Been a while since my last entry but here I am with another one. This story is true with some added embelishments. Writers priviledge. Hope that you enjoy this entry. Cotton By The Stalk. During your youth were you in contact with people from other parts of the country? They asked me a lot of questions about cotton - how it grows and how does a bowl become the fluffy cotton that was hanging on the burrs? While I was pondering the a...
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Echoes From The Hillsides: The Funeral
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Echoes From The Hillsides. Monday, June 30, 2008. My mother told me this story and was sure that it really happened. I thought it was a touching but also had a light hearted approach to childhood. I hope that you enjoy it. In the Tennessee hills during World War II military funerals were more than a common event. In this particular service the flag draped casket, the unseen bugler, and the armed color guard were a sadly beautiful sight. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I have a few pieces that due to ...
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Echoes From The Hillsides: June 2008
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Echoes From The Hillsides. Monday, June 30, 2008. My mother told me this story and was sure that it really happened. I thought it was a touching but also had a light hearted approach to childhood. I hope that you enjoy it. In the Tennessee hills during World War II military funerals were more than a common event. In this particular service the flag draped casket, the unseen bugler, and the armed color guard were a sadly beautiful sight. Wednesday, June 18, 2008. As a sixteen-year-old high school baseball...
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Echoes From The Hillsides: The Mountain Man
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Echoes From The Hillsides. Thursday, March 15, 2012. This story is based on a factual event that happened to me while deer hunting with my son on a Tennessee ridge. It still makes me wonder who the "Mountain Man" was but I took liberties with the event to make it into my first writing int the 'Fantasy' realm of writing. I submitted it to a couple of magazines and got favorable reviews but no writing contract. Nearing the halfway point of the trek he moved through an area that was strangely cold – i...
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Circle of the Earth: A Quest for Truth
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Circle of the Earth. A Quest for Truth. Monday, May 26, 2008. A Quest for Truth. My truth quest began at an early age but it never went anywhere. In recent times I feel that I am making progress. But as Paul said in 1 Corinthians 3:2 – “I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able.”. Why would I want to document my quest for truth for anyone who might venture to read about it? Or, to document my quest and nobody read it. I feel m...
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Echoes From The Hillsides: August 2010
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Echoes From The Hillsides. Friday, August 6, 2010. This is sort of a change of pace. In most of my stories where I am 'pokin' fun at country people I am not using myself as an example. Not this time! As he asked this question he gestured at my theme book? Evidently I had done something right! After we discussed my theme he handed me my book and it had a large “A” over the title on page one. I went on to make an “A” in his course. How had I done this? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Echoes From The Hillsides: July 2008
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Echoes From The Hillsides. Wednesday, July 9, 2008. The first couple of days were spent hiking deep into the mountains, using our rations, and enjoying roasted rabbit over a campfire. What a life! The next couple of days our luck changed. We did not. Afterwards, as we hiked out of the mountains with less cockiness about our wilderness abilities we discussed our meal of crow. The best description of all was from one tired and less confident woodsman who said simply, “Crow tastes like a skunk smells!
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Circle of the Earth: May 2008
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Circle of the Earth. A Quest for Truth. Wednesday, May 28, 2008. I find myself fired up about evil in the world and most times have a vengeful attitude. After many news accounts of evil I think that I would “enjoy” bringing justice to the evil one(s). The criminal sensing possible mercy based on this question answered, “Yes, I Do! To this comment Bronson calmly told the man that he was “sending him to see Jesus” –then he killed him. Does this disqualify me from being a witness for Jesus? In our weakness ...
