Okay, so there is at least one advantage to ending our ramble earlier than planned and being at home at the end of September. We got to go to the 39th Annual Mountain Heritage Day. It’s a long standing tradition on the campus of Western Carolina University. There are folks demonstrating some of the old arts. We watched Susan at the loom and Skip working with woodworking hand tools. We chatted with people involved in metalworking. There was a story teller and a demonstration of logging skills. We came away with an September 27, 1862 copy of Harper’s Weekly that has special significance for us. Another find was a weasel. Yes, it goes Pop! It’s used to measure and wind yarn. We filled our bellies with yummy barbecue and smoked turkey and filled our ears with stories from the genealogist of the local chapter of Sons of the American Revolution. Then shortly after we got home we had a visit from Sam, a rare event these days.
It was a fun way to spend a sunshiny day.
0 Comments