On Mon 09 May 2005 03:29:04a, Bob (this one) wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Sun 08 May 2005 05:14:53p, Bob (this one) wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>>>Dee Randall wrote:
>>>
>>>>"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>>>>>On Sun 08 May 2005 10:35:24a, Bob (this one) wrote in
>>>>>rec.food.cooking
>>>>>
>>>>>>I live on a farm on the top of a long, forested hill that runs down
>>>>>>to the Shenandoah River. I don't have much of a garden since moving
>>>>>>to this house because there are big trees all around us, and not
>>>>>>much level ground. And I'm getting lazy in my old age. So I don't
>>>>>>compost anymore. I throw biodegradable stuff out the back door, down
>>>>>>the hill up to maybe 60 feet from the house. Some of it will feed
>>>>>>critters passing by, the rest will feed the plants. Ashes to
>>>>>>ashes...
>>>>>
>>>>>LOL! You sure you're not on Walton's Mountain, John Boy? :-)
>>>>
>>>>Stop that, Wayne.
>>>>A Walton Descendant
>>>>Shenandoah Valley, VA
>>>
>>>The Rockfish Gap train station was moved from its original location
>>>about 40 years ago. A commercial photographer bought it and moved in.
>>>It wasn't huge, but certainly big enough to have his half of the place
>>>and the other half, an apartment. When I first came to the valley in
>>>the 70's, it was one of the places I looked at to live in.
>>>
>>>A bit too far away from work, so I passed on it. Walton folklore is
>>>still important around the area where they lived.
>>
>> I think that would be fascinating.
>
> Truly. Before coming to the valley, I lived in New Jersey and New York.
> Then I had a chance to travel and live in other countries, always in
> huge cities. I'd driven thorough and flown over rural areas, but never
> stopped and got down on the ground and looked. A whole new realization.
> A whole new way of looking at how to live. The legends and folklore are
> endlessly interesting. Wonderful stories, some true.
>
> Pastorio

Both my parents' families are from rural NE Mississippi. Among and
between the small towns in the area there are sites where Civil war
battles were fought. The areas are well-marked if not necessarily of
great significance, and it's very interesting to drive through and see all
of that history. There is still a brick silo which predated the war that
now stands near a local small highway with a natural artensian well
nearby. As a child I remember my dad and grandparents relating what they
knew of the history. The many rural cemeteries are ancient, have much
history, and many stories attached to them.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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