April of 2018 saw my return to my maternal homeplace and the start of the restoration journey. Things were in major disrepair. Mom was dying, and life had me...
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Snake buckets, diehard chickens and sunsets in Texas.
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Farm life Video version available here 5.29.18 • 19:49 S1:E51Av Washboard Chronicles
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SNAKE ALERT!! Run for your life...well kinda.
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Would have rather seen the first one OUTSIDE!! Sure hoping it’s just a garter, anyone know for sure? Video version available here 5.29.18 - PM S1:E50Av Washboard Chronicles
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Breaking good ground the old fashioned way, military lineage, and an oak tree with new life
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The old ways Video version available here 5.28.18 • 18:15 S1:E49Av Washboard Chronicles
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Preparing the garden plot with hand tools. Thank goodness for good East Texas dirt! Video version available here 5.28.18 - AM S1:E48Av Washboard Chronicles
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Amazing transformations, Pepper plants, and thoughts on those that provided the freedoms.
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Sacrifices made Video version available here 5.26.18 • 18:50 S1:E47Av Washboard Chronicles
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It’s not a BBQ holiday and digging ditches.
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Memorial Day Video version available here 5-25-18 - S1:E46Av Washboard Chronicles
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Government outhouses, pumpkin dumplings, and a bill that made me smile.
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Pumpkin dumplings? Video version available here 5.24.18 • 19:37 S1:E45Av Washboard Chronicles
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Rediscovered lanes, a feast for the chickens, and a special visit from Tony Ramey!
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A cherished friend drops by Video version available here 5.23.18 • 18:27 S1:E44Av Washboard Chronicles
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Evening coffee, Ice cream truck Mariachi bands, and the box you dread unpacking the most.
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Rain in East Texas and good stuff in the briars.
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Beauty returns, Jerry Clower, and prayers for Santa Fe, Texas.
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Identifying these beautiful oaks, evening coffee, and garden plans. Video version available here 5.17.18 • 19:21 S1:E40Av Washboard Chronicles
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A stump called “Never Quit”, lost azaleas, and a moving hedge...
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Here’s more about what the hat I wear represents, good folks doing good things. www.teamneverquit.com/mission Video version available here 5.16.18 • 17:17 S1:E39Av Washboard Chronicles
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Learnin’ mowers to act right and stumps you can trust
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Much better Video version available here 5.16.18 • 10:40 S1:E38Av Washboard Chronicles
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$100 yaupon trees, memories of faith, and East Texas logs....
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Continuing the clearing on the North side Video version available here 5.15.18 • 19:50 S1:E37Av Washboard Chronicles
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Limb loppers, hungry chickens and East Texas sweat
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The mower gives up Video version available here 5.15.18 • 18:12 S1:E36Av Washboard Chronicles
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750,000 cedar trees, a double bit ax, and serpent sticks
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Another productive day on this ole East Texas home-place. Video version available here 5.14.18 S1:E35Av Washboard Chronicles
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Quiet Sunday evenings, memories of Mom, and beautiful sunsets.
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Mother's Day reflections Video version available here 5.13.18 • 19:41 S1:E34Av Washboard Chronicles
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Sassafras, piggy back, and Happy Mother’s Day...
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Memories of Memaw and chickens Video version available here 5.11.2018 S1:E33Av Washboard Chronicles
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My sister arrives for a visit Video version available here 5.11.18 • 14:50 S1:E32Av Washboard Chronicles
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Mother's Day approaches Video version available here 5.10.18 • 8:00 S1:E31Av Washboard Chronicles
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Chickens and fond memories of our two pups.
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Reflections on the friends Video version available here 5.9.18 • 18:35 S1:E30Av Joel Johnson
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The hits just keep comin Video version available here 5.9.18 • 10:04 S1:E29Av Joel Johnson
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New vs Old, ax tornados, and garden plans.
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Getting after it Video version available here 5.8.18 • 17:38 S1:E28Av Joel Johnson
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Chicken snakes, purple hull peas, and seeing eye dogs..
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A dog with a purpose Video version available here • • For those interested in helping the Guide Dogs of America, you can find out more and help here: www.guidedogsofamerica.org 5.8.18 • 08:34 S1:E27Av Joel Johnson
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Turkey buzzards, old shacks and purple hulls...
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A surprise in the shack Video version available here 5.7.18 • 18:20 S1:E26Av Washboard Chronicles
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The dewberry patch, porches, and good teachers...
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Good Monday morning y’all! Who was the teacher that influenced you the most? Video version available here 5.7.18 • 09:43 S1:E25Av Joel Johnson
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East Texas pines in the purple hull pea patch, bullnettle, and Texas preachers.
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Sunday evening in Nacogdoches.. Monday’s coming, make the week count y’all! Video version available here 5.6.18 • 18:52 S1:E24Av Washboard Chronicles
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Garage Memories Video version available here 5.6.18 • 08:35 S1:23Av Washboard Chronicles
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MeMaw’s kitchen window, sharp hoe’s, and Muscadine vines....
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Jelly in your belly! If you have the want to, you’ll get it done with what you got! Video version available here 5.5.18 • 14:43 S1:E22Av Joel Johnson
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One of the few videos I have of this girl. T Air Date 5.5.18 • 13:35 S1:E21Av Washboard Chronicles
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Trucks in ditches, broken tables, and new smells...
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A quick look at inside the old farmhouse Video version available here 5.5.18 - 08:08 S1:E20Av Joel Johnson
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Progress Video version available here Original Air Date 5.4.18 - 16:39 S1:E18Av Washboard Chronicles
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A lil somber this morning on the old place. Grief knows no mercy. Video version available here Original Air Date 5.2.18 - 06:56 S1:E14Av Washboard Chronicles
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Canned beets, chicken snakes and space shuttles.
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A productive day of work and some history
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Breakfast in the kitchen and memories Video version available here Air Date 4.30.18 7:20 S1:E8Av Joel Johnson
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Second Day Recap We have a sidewalk again!
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Starting making a dent. This was the last day we were excited about a small tank on the adjoining property. Up until this day we thought there were fish in it. Oh well. Video version available here Air Date: 4.29.18 PM S1:E7Av Joel Johnson
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With the overwhelming task of getting settled in. We took a break and worked outside a bit. Video version available here Air Date: 4.29.18 Morning S1:E6Av Joel Johnson
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Finding the box with the coffee in after the move was the most important thing that morning. Breakfast on the old stove and on the counter where the biscuits were handmade to the flecks in the 60's era Formica wore off. Video version available here Air Date 4.28.18 S1:E5Av Joel Johnson
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First sunrise and the washboard chronicles begin...
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Waking up on the old homeplace for the first time in over 25 years. I was overtaken with nostalgia and SINUS issues. I had been gone so long the greenhouse effect of East Texas did a number on me the first two weeks, hence the severe stuffiness in my voice. Video version available here Air Date April 28, 2018 S1:E4…
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Sometimes you just have to go back to your roots.... It was occupied by an agricultural family of 8 and is over 100 years old. The sons and daughters of this old homeplace went on to make an impact as teachers, agribusiness leaders on a worldwide scale, entrepreneurs, business leaders, and civil servants. Their offspring continued to make an impact…
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Memaw insisted that the leaves under that old tree were raked daily. The pile was disheartening as it had been over a decade since a rake had touched the soil. Video version available here Air date April 28,2018 S1:E2Av Joel Johnson
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