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Child labor on the home farm
There aren’t many of us left – people who grew up when farming was done by mule power and human power. But there are a few. Take last Sunday, for example. Fellow Chambliss and I got to talking about those years, and first thing you knew, a Mister Shell – I’m... -
Lamp eels, scorpions, glass snakes, snow snakes
Thirteen years ago I was seated at the round table at what was then Tyler’s Restaurant in Opelika. I was attending a meeting of oldtimers collectively known as the “Geneva Street Think Tank.” It met on weekday afternoons, and its members included several well-known... -
Made-up words
We have had learned discussions before about the so-called Southern dialect and about how there are many “Southern dialects.” This is not about that. This is about how families or other groups will gradually work new words or non-words into their vocabularies. A few... -
Plotting, planning for pre-holiday pilgrimage
The writer of the book of James discusses planning ahead. I forget if he’s fer it or agin it. Anyway, we need to do some pretty fast planning for a very important event coming up – the annual pre-Christmas pilgrimmage to Frontier Country. I’m happy to announce that...