A Time to Sew
During our recent visit to Granville, Ray and I enjoyed visiting Aunt Bee’s Farmhouse Quilt Shop and Bakery. Ray enjoyed the bakery most of all. I thought of you when we strolled through the small Tennessee Quilt and Textiles Museum…
Category Field Trips Near and Far
Judges and Justice and Time for Children
I wish I knew more about the place names we see all around us. Sometimes they seem pretty obvious. We live in Jackson County, Tennessee, which is named for Andrew Jackson. Our Jackson County was Jackson County even before Andrew…
Jumping Up and Down Excited on an Indian Mound
Our family has special sayings for two very different emotions. One is “stomach hurting scared.” We started saying this after an incident when one of our daughters was babysitting at the home of family friends. She heard a noise at…
Playing with History
The Confederate Army usually named battles for landmarks, while the Union Army usually named them for a geographic location. Thus the Union Army called the Battle of Shiloh the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, which was the landing along the Tennessee…
National Battles and Family Battles
Early in 1862, Union troops began to take control of rivers and railroads in Tennessee and Mississippi. Grant and his troops defeated Confederate troops at Fort Henry on the Tennessee River. Then Grant’s troops defeated Confederate General Simon Bolivar Buckner…
Molding the Education to Fit the Child Rather Than the Other Way Around
Last Sunday and Monday Ray and I were back in the beautiful Smoky Mountains. We arrived about 3:00 in the afternoon, grateful that we were there in time to see some of the beautiful fall colors. Friends had already been…