Category Archives: Caney Mountain Blog

Freeman Hughes was a countryman and farmer, a husband and a father. He leaned forward over his deep freezer, choosing the meat he wanted for supper. His forehead served as the prop to keep the freezer door open. He was cooking for more than just himself that afternoon. It was June 3, 1979. He wouldContinue reading “Portraits of the Past: Part One”

I don’t want to ruin a good post with a video of me singing. But here it goes. Have you ever been outside in the early morning with the dew still fresh and undisturbed on the grass? Nothing has come along to take away the freshness of the morning. Have you ever seen the dewContinue reading “In the Garden”

As a child, I would spend the night with my grandparents every now and then. Their bedtime was 10:30 p.m. sharp. That’s when the nightly news ended. Their custom was to do their best to stay awake until 10:00 p.m. to watch the 10 o’clock news. Sometimes, Grandma would fall asleep with her ice creamContinue reading “The News Names”

Planting season is upon us. I’ve talked about it too much, probably. We’ve planted tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, onions, lettuce, an oak tree, three loblolly pine trees, and a partridge in a pear tree. I love planting things. I’m not a green thumb, though. Last year I left a plant outside that should have been inside,Continue reading “Planting Season”

It’s that time again. We are planting our tomatoes, peppers, flowers, trees, and anything else we might think to put in the ground. We bought cayenne pepper plants and two kinds of jalapeño plants. We got Roma, big beef, and big boy tomato plants. Last year, we bought a habanero pepper plant, and at oneContinue reading “The Reaper”