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A Time to Love

30 Sunday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Poetry

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Appalachia, love, poems, poetry, writing

A Time to Love

(Anniversary)

Though I did not think it possible,

I feel myself growing fond of someone.

It is a scary feeling —

One of uncertainty and curiosity.

I can feel myself ebbing toward you.

Is it time to love?

Though our eyes seldom behold each other,

Though we never have brushed lips or hands,

I can feel me loving you.

You are the girl I have dreamed of.

I have wanted you for years.

Nothing can change that.

I can not make these feelings go away.

I could conceal them longer

But I do not wish to do that.

I have wanted you for so long.

I know that it is time to love.

Do not be frightened or uncomfortable.

It is not the occasion for such negativity.

Frolic in the meadows God has created for us.

Laugh with the joy that you will finally know contentment.

I will make you happy.

I will make you love.

Have you ever truly?

O’ it is time to love.

The Spririt is everywhere around me.

It is our time to love.

Bless me with an opportunity to prove myself.

“Shew forth thy loving kindness in the morning.”

It is morning.

It’s our morning.

Let us grip hands

And love each other throughout the days.

Our sun will shine a little brighter, I think.

BRK

May 7, 1991

Thomas “Crockett” Farley

30 Sunday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Whirlwind

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Appalachia, Crockett Farley, Dorcas Farley, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, life, Logan County, U.S. South, West Virginia

Thomas "Crockett" Farley and Dorcas (Kelly) Farley, Harts Creek, Logan County, WV

Thomas “Crockett” Farley and Dorcas (Kelley) Farley, Harts Creek, Logan County, WV

Minnie and Lawrence Hicks

29 Saturday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Ed Haley, Music

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Appalachia, Calhoun County, culture, genealogy, history, Laury Hicks, life, Minnie Hicks, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia

Minnie and Lawrence Hicks, Calhoun County, West Virginia

Minnie and Lawrence Hicks, Calhoun County, West Virginia

Sand Creek

29 Saturday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Sand Creek

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Appalachia, life, Lincoln County, photos, Sand Creek, West Virginia

Sand Creek, Lincoln County, WV, 2012

Sand Creek, Lincoln County, WV, 2012

Halcyon 2.27.1919

29 Saturday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Halcyon

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Albert Dingess, Appalachia, Crawley Creek, education, genealogy, Halcyon, Harts Creek, history, life, Logan County, Logan Democrat, Striker, West Fork, West Virginia, Will Harris

“Daddy’s Girl,” a local correspondent at Halcyon on the West Fork of Big Harts Creek, Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Democrat printed on Thursday, February 27, 1919:

We are pleased that spring will soon be here with its flowers and sunny weather.

Our singing school is progressing fine but will soon be out. The singing master says he will begin a school at Striker, on Crawley, when our school closes.

The girls and boys of Halcyon are preparing to have a good time at school Friday. They all have arranged to wear fancy dress costumes.

Will Harris is preparing to move into the house on the A. Dingess farm, where he will work this season.

A. Dingess is still very poorly.

John Hicks Home

28 Friday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Ed Haley, Music

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Appalachia, banjo, Calhoun County, culture, Douglas, fiddler, history, John Hicks, Laury Hicks, life, Minnie Hicks, music, photos, Ugee Postalwait, West Virginia, Willie Smith

John Hicks Home, Douglas, Calhoun County, West Virginia, c.1908

John Hicks Home, Douglas, Calhoun County, West Virginia, c.1908

Welcome to Whirlwind, WV

28 Friday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Whirlwind

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Appalachia, culture, Harts Creek, life, Logan County, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia, Whirlwind

Whirlwind, WV

Whirlwind, Harts Creek, Logan County, WV

McCoy Time Singers

27 Thursday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Ed Haley, Lincoln County Feud

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Appalachia, genealogy, history, McCoy Time Singers, music, Sherman McCoy, Spicie McCoy, Wayne County, West Virginia

Spicie McCoy Fry (front left), Sherman McCoy (front right) and the McCoy Time Singers, Wayne County, WV

Spicie McCoy Fry (front left), Sherman McCoy (front right) and the McCoy Time Singers, Wayne County, WV

Whirlwind Warrant (1918)

27 Thursday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Culture of Honor, Whirlwind

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Appalachia, crime, George Hensley, history, Jesse Blair, Logan County, Sol Adams, U.S. South, West Virginia

Jess Blair Warrant 1918 2

Jesse Blair warrant of arrest, Logan County, WV, 1918

Angeline Adkins Lucas Family

26 Wednesday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Ed Haley, Lincoln County Feud, Women's History

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Angeline Lucas, Appalachia, Boney Lucas, feud, history, Stiltner, U.S. South, Wayne County, West Virginia

Angeline (Adkins) Lucas, shown at center, with two of her daughters, Wayne County, WV

Angeline (Adkins) Lucas, shown at center, with two of her daughters, Wayne County, WV

Ann Brumfield grave

26 Wednesday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Harts, Lincoln County Feud, Women's History

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Ann Brumfield, Appalachia, cemeteries, Charles Brumfield, genealogy, Harts, history, Lincoln County, Paris Brumfield Family Cemetery, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia

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Charles Brumfield places a modern tombstone at the grave of his great-great-grandmother, Ann (Toney) Brumfield, 2002

 

Dingess Family

24 Monday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Ed Haley, Lincoln County Feud

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Appalachia, genealogy, Harts Creek, Henderson Dingess, history, Hugh Dingess, Logan County, Sallie Dingess, U.S. South, West Virginia, writing

Hugh Dingess stands behind his parents, Sallie (Adams) Dingess and Henderson Dingess

Hugh Dingess stands behind his parents, Sallie (Adams) Dingess and Henderson Dingess

Log Cabin

23 Sunday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County Feud, Timber

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Albert Dingess, Appalachia, culture, Harts Creek, history, life, Logan County, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia

Albert Dingess cabin, Smokehouse Fork of Big Harts Creek, Logan County, WV

Albert Dingess cabin, Smokehouse Fork of Big Harts Creek, Logan County, WV

Oris Vance

23 Sunday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Little Harts Creek

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Appalachia, genealogy, history, life, Lincoln County, Little Harts Creek, Oris Vance, photos, West Virginia

Oris Vance of Little Harts Creek, Lincoln County, West Virginia

Oris Vance of Little Harts Creek, Lincoln County, West Virginia

Whirlwind 1.16.1919

23 Sunday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Whirlwind

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Appalachia, Buck Fork, Chapmanville, Dave Tomblin, Dingess, Ed Avis, Frank Collins, genealogy, Gusta Tomblin, Harts Creek, history, Isaac Marion Nelson, John Tomblin, John Ward, Logan County, Ona Blair, Preston Collins, Reece Dalton, Sallie Tomblin, West Virginia, Whirlwind

“Blue Eyed Beauty,” a local correspondent at Whirlwind in Upper Hart, Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Democrat printed on Thursday, January 16, 1919:

The weather, which has been intensely cold, is now much warmer.

Marion Nelson did not appear to teach the Bible school on Buckfork Sunday, as was promised.

Reece Dalton hauled coal for Dave Tomblin Friday.

Mrs. Sallie Tomblin and son, John, visited with Mrs. Gusta Tomblin this week.

Frank, the eight-months-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Preston Collins, died on Monday and the remains were brought here for burial Tuesday.

John Ward is walking the pipe line between Chapmanville and Dingess. He makes two round trips a week.

Ed. Avis bought some cattle of Mrs. Ona Blair Saturday.

The Hanging Tree

22 Saturday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Culture of Honor, Ed Haley, Lincoln County Feud, Timber

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Appalachia, crime, Green McCoy, Harts Creek, history, Hugh Dingess, Logan County, Milt Haley, photos, West Virginia

The "hanging" tree," 1995

The “hanging” tree,” 1995

In Search of Ed Haley

21 Friday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Ed Haley, John Hartford

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Appalachia, art, genealogy, Harts Creek, Harve Dingess, history, Hugh Dingess, John Hartford, Logan County, photos, West Virginia

John Hartford's sketch of the Hugh Dingess home, October 1995

John Hartford’s sketch of the Hugh Dingess home, October 1995

Sol “Squire Sol” Adams Cabin (1995)

21 Friday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Ed Haley, Whirlwind

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Appalachia, culture, Ellen Adams, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, life, Logan County, Minnie Smith, photos, Sherman Smith, Sol Adams, West Virginia, Whirlwind

Sol Adams Cabin

Squire Sol Adams cabin, constructed in 1869, Whirlwind, Logan County, WV, 1995.

In Search of Ed Haley

17 Monday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Ed Haley

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Appalachia, Bob Mullins Cemetery, culture, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Logan County, photos, West Virginia

Bob Mullins Cemetery, looking down toward Ticky George Hollow, Harts Creek, Logan County, WV

Bob Mullins Cemetery, looking down toward Ticky George Hollow, Harts Creek, Logan County, WV

In Search of Ed Haley

16 Sunday Mar 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Ed Haley, Lincoln County Feud, Timber

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Appalachia, Burl Farley, Cabell County, culture, genealogy, history, life, photos, Roach, West Virginia, writing

Burl Farley, Roach, Cabell County, WV

Burl Farley, Roach, Cabell County, WV

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If you had lived in the Harts Creek community during the 1880s, to which faction of feudists might you have given your loyalty?

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Do you think Milt Haley and Green McCoy committed the ambush on Al and Hollene Brumfield in 1889?

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Who do you think organized the ambush of Al and Hollene Brumfield in 1889?

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