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Sample Past Posts
- Remembering the Schoolhouse(s) Known as “Bell Ridge” in the Morrison City area of North Kingsport, Tennessee January 31, 2020
- A Song of Unity from Long Ago August 19, 2019
- Beautiful Hills of Home August 16, 2019
- When Your Family Tree Becomes All Hung Up July 22, 2019
- “The Storms are on the Ocean” as a Metaphor for Homesickness June 15, 2019
- “Excuse Me, May I Look Inside Your Biscuit?” May 3, 2019
Top Posts & Pages
- A Barony in the Mountains of Southwest Virginia
- Remembering Vacation Bible School in the '60s and '70s
- The Flood of 1977
- Disappearing Towns: Morrison City
- Robert Sayers Sheffey, Mountain Preacher and Man of Prayer
- A Sunny Day in Sharon Springs
- A Conversation that didn't Go Well
- History of a Part of Weber City, Virginia
- Places I've Lived: Paint Lick, VA
- Ode to Soup Beans and Corn Bread
Tag Archives: truck
Cars & Trucks
I still own my very first truck. I can’t drive it. Never did. It is a little match-box-sized toy truck that looked a lot like my Pappaw’s old green Chevy which he drove everywhere about the time I was born. … Continue reading
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Tagged bull dozers, car, cars, childhood, father, flat tire, hot wheels, matchbox cars, mechanic, racing track, summer, sunshine, tools, truck, trucks, warm weather
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The Big, Green Truck
There is something about a truck. In my growing up days, I was a frequent passenger in Pappaw’s 1930s model large cattle truck. It had a big on-the-floor gear shift with a green knob on top. The starter was on … Continue reading
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Tagged 1957 chevy, Cattle, Chevy, Cowboy, driving, Gate City Virginia, Kingsport, Kyle Hill, pappaw, stock yard, truck
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