BackWoods Drifter

I feel pretty much like crap today and had no intention of even getting on the blog until I realized the date. February 29…
“February 29 is a date that occurs only every four years, and is called leap day. This day is added to the calendar in leap years as a corrective measure, because the [...]

What is a mocking cold? It is a cold virus people catch who claim not to be able to catch a cold. Usually caught right after making such a claim. Myself for example – I don’t remember the last time I had a cold. I credit that to a good immune system and to the [...]

I hear it all the time – I’ve never seen so many deer and bear in this area.
I wonder what those same people thought would happen when you destroy thousands of acres of natural wildlife habitat. When bears come out of the mountains to eat out of garbage cans and dumpsters then there is a [...]

Did you know the only bombs to ever drop within the United States were dropped on coal miners during The Battle for Blair Mountain in 1921? Did you know the term redneck stems from the coal wars of the 1920’s and 30’s? Miners wore red bandannas around their necks so they could differentiate between friend [...]