I’ve looked at this patch of dirt, these rivers, and these mountain ridges all my life. I was born here in 1838. Then, we had an abundance of water, which flowed down creeks and rivers to the sea. I was here when two great armies clashed in civil war and my farm was part of […]
I first met Dan Fields on a freezing winter night. His huge black dog had me pinned down so that I couldn’t run like my two friends had done. My gimpy leg and empty belly put me at a disadvantage and I was caught trying to drag off a sack of food. I know now […]
By the time I was six years old, I knew that Granny would never love me. All of her love went to my cousin, Dan, who was homely as a toad compared to me and not nearly as clever. I was a year older and bigger than Danny, so I hit him whenever Granny wasn’t […]
