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My Endearing Appalachia
phylenia46
Jan 7
Cradled in Appalachian Wonder.
Thinking of time passages and our changing world through the years. I took a quick sentimental journey this morning through my files to...
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phylenia46
Jan 1
Rosie and the Robin, An Invitation to Spring
Beauties that Grace the Yard When I want to wrap myself with thoughts of spring and warm weather, in my endearing Appalachia I go to my...
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phylenia46
Dec 28, 2024
A Cup of Cold Water; A Lifetime of Lessons
Wanted to share a personal experience that has left an indelible mark on my and my family’s soul. The lessons I have learned along the...
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phylenia46
Dec 22, 2024
Feed Sack Petticoats
I have an old feed sack, cotton petticoat that was found on an excursion to an abandoned community. Rubble was everywhere and in the...
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phylenia46
Dec 11, 2024
Winter Frosted Words
Winter, vivid pictures of years past come into view. Bring your coffee and join me for a few minutes if you will and walk into the...
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phylenia46
Nov 23, 2024
My Endearing Appalachia...Something from Home
It had to be said. It was important that I document my memoir. My love of my childhood home was worthy to be noted and the evidence was...
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phylenia46
Nov 22, 2024
Howling winter winds
Tonight while the blustery winds of winter are howling around my house, I needed to get away to a warmer place for a few moments as I did...
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phylenia46
Nov 13, 2024
The Fragrance of Home
Sometimes a story to get away for a while. These stored reminiscent writings during the last years have served a good purpose for me even...
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phylenia46
Nov 11, 2024
Doo Wops, Bobby socks, pop beads and Record hops
…and an old ’52 Ford pickup truck. Crossed telephone lines. One summer night. Listening to the radio as the deejay took requests and...
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phylenia46
Oct 29, 2024
Maggie, the Fragrant Beauty
Maggie, our lovely Magnolia tree has shed her leaves to prepare for another fragrant spring of lovely white petals. So, We decided to get...
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phylenia46
Oct 29, 2024
All Things Food
I discovered that previous photos of my kitchen, culinary works should have a page of their own. I have, for over 60 years, prepared my...
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phylenia46
Oct 26, 2024
Daddy Carried a Dinner Bucket
One recent morning, as nostalgia overtook me, I began to recapture moments from my childhood that remain with me. Â Daddy left his home...
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phylenia46
Sep 27, 2024
A Rusty Cultivator, a Trumpet Vine and a Waning Moon
My Love of nature in my West Virginia mountain home has sharpened my awareness of scenes that hold me spellbound and urge me to write. As...
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phylenia46
Sep 27, 2024
Appalachian Women and Back Porch Friends
I so love my early morning reads and times of reflection that warm my soul as I remember simpler times from my childhood. Â Coal camp life...
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phylenia46
Sep 24, 2024
Framed in Her Fantasies
A small girl sits beside the porch steps, in the yard that was sparsely covered with the green of crab grass over a rocky surface...
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phylenia46
Sep 19, 2024
Fall, Fragrances and Feelings in the Appalachian Mountains
The aroma of Banana nut bread has filled my kitchen and mingled with the Black Silk brew of Folgers. coffee. An intense reminder of the...
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phylenia46
Sep 5, 2024
Stranger at the Foot of the Mountain
It's in the times of pre-dawn stillness, as I enjoy my morning coffee, that the rewind of life experiences come in to focus. And bless...
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phylenia46
Aug 7, 2024
Winding Roads and Ribbons of Steel; Driving through the past
We decided to take our adult children on a road trip to the mountains of West Virginia. in McDowell County where hubby and I spent our...
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phylenia46
Jul 20, 2024
Laughter and Lightning Bugs
I lifted the kitchen shade to a beautiful, steel gray canvas, slowly revealing the dawn of a new day. Â Poured another cup of my morning...
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phylenia46
Jul 12, 2024
Rewinding Conversations with Mama
The letter is written on my heart in permanent drops of a mother’s love. Sipping my morning coffee mixes well with a sentimental...
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