Every once in a while, either Kevin or I will be asked, why do you live out in the middle of nowhere? Most people cannot understand our love of the quiet, the peacefulness (except during hunting season) and simply the joy of simple living.
Although we grew up worlds apart, Kevin and I share in common a single thing that would one day bring us together. In the mid-seventies, a small school in Georgia published the first of the Foxfire series of books.
As each subsequent volume of the book series, each of us, in our own place devoured the words inside. As we matured and had children, both of us took what we learned from the books and applied it to our own lives.
We now display proudly the entire series of books in the Foxfire series. Twelve numbered volumes, along with numerous special books published over the years including Aunt Arie and the Foxfire cookbook.
It is the love of things old-timey that has led me to learn how to play the Appalachian mountain dulcimer in the old noter/drone style. In doing this I feel I am honoring my ancestors as I learn to play the favorite songs of my grandmother, my aunts and uncles and a few of my own.
While you will find many articles on this site dealing with modern technology, everything from DSL cameras and computers to fixing modern machinery and electrical problems, hopefully you will find that we stay true to tradition also. Some times the old ways are still the best.
