Sunday, February 28, 2010

A Poem for Hill Country: Tetrapharmakos

The Sunday series, A Poem for Hill Country, presents a poetic summary of the teachings of Epicurus on how to live the happiest possible life --- The Four-part Cure, Tetrapharmakos. Click to read.

Saturday, February 27, 2010

A Hootie Hoo --- Keep your eyes peeled

The semi-regular Saturday feature, A Hill Country Hootie Hoo continues with Keep Your Eyes Peeled. Click to read.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Monroe Journal Hill Country Column for February 17, 2010

Parham Milch Cow Replaced by Reece's Dairy is the topic for Hill Country from the February 17, 2019 column at Monroe Journal. Click here to read the column.

Flying in the Hill Country

As my eye heals, I'm slowly getting back to "normal" (whatever that is for me). I finished the first blog article this morning and called it "Those Hill Country Men (and Women) in Their Beautiful Flying Machines . . ." Click title to read.

The article is a little history, both personal and regional, a little of a book review (Vagrant Verse by V.A. Grant), a little about Henry Grady Peerey aka V.A. Grant late of Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, and a little about the connections of several pioneering aviators to Hill Country. All because of one little short poem by V.A. Grant. Click to read the article.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

"Looking" ahead . . .



Eye surgery # 3 was completed yesterday --- when I can see more clearly, I'll return to regular posting.

Meanwhile . . .

Terry Thornton's Hill Country of Monroe County Mississippi Volume 2 and

Terry Thornton's Hill Country H.O.G.S. WebPress are open on a limited basis.

Thanks for your understanding and for being loyal readers of Hill Country.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Grave House: Best surviving example in North Mississippi?

An almost 150-year old grave house in Itawamba County, Mississippi, is the subject of my photographic essay at http://hillcountryhogsblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/grave-house-from-hill-country-part-1.html

This small house, one of the few surviving grave shelters from the 1860s, is an excellent example of grave houses once common throughout the hill country of the South. Although this house was built, according to family history, to protect the grave of the young bride from the elements, such houses may have their origin in the older "spirit" houses built in many middle-European countries to house the spirit and to keep it near the body until judgment day.

The older custom that each human being consisted of body, soul, and spirit has been more-or-less replaced by a belief that the individual is body and soul. But the earlier concept of taking care of the spirit was as important as taking care of the dead body. As a result, many burial customs influencing our ancestors addressed issues dealing with the spirit of the deceased.

Although the grave house in this essay shows no evidence of being anything but a grave shelter, some grave houses in the South were reported to be furnished and even to contain books, pictures on the wall, and a table set with the dishes which the deceased used for his/her last meal.

If you have never seen a grave house, the one featured in this essay is perhaps the best surviving example to be found in the Hill Country of Mississippi. Click here to view the photographic essay.

Monday, February 15, 2010

Blocks 40, 41, and 42. A Stitch in Time

Three additional posts in the series, A Stitch in Time, are linked below. View the individual quilt block and names on the block from a circa 1930s Friendship Quilt in Itawamba County, Mississippi, by clicking these links. Previous articles in the series are linked in the left-side bar.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

A Poem for Sweetie for Valentine

The weekly series, A Poem for Hill Country, normally published on Sunday is a day early --- and the poem is for Sweetie, my wife of forty-eight years. To read my 2010 attempt to write a valentine poem for her, click A Valentine Poem: Little Creature Formed of Joy and Mirth.

Blocks 37, 38, and 39. A Stitch in Time


Three additional posts in the series, A Stitch in Time, are linked below. View the individual quilt block and names on the block from a circa 1930s Friendship Quilt in Itawamba County, Mississippi, by clicking these links. Previous articles in the series are linked in the left-side bar.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Blocks 34, 35, and 36. A Stitch in Time


Three additional posts in the series, A Stitch in Time, are linked below. View the individual quilt block and names on the block from a circa 1930s Friendship Quilt in Itawamba County, Mississippi, by clicking these links. Previous articles in the series are linked in the left-side bar.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Blocks 31, 32, and 33. A Stitch in Time


Three additional posts in the series, A Stitch in Time, are linked below. View the individual quilt block and names on the block from a circa 1930s Friendship Quilt in Itawamba County, Mississippi, by clicking these links. Previous articles in the series are linked in the left-side bar.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Blocks 28, 29, and 30. A Stitch in Time

Three additional posts in the series, A Stitch in Time, are linked below. View the individual quilt block and names on the block from a circa 1930s Friendship Quilt in Itawamba County, Mississippi, by clicking these links. Previous articles in the series are linked in the left-side bar.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Blocks 25, 26, and 27. A Stitch in Time


Three additional posts in the series, A Stitch in Time, are linked below. View the individual quilt block and names on the block from a circa 1930s Friendship Quilt in Itawamba County, Mississippi, by clicking these links. Previous articles in the series are linked in the left-side bar.

Monday, February 8, 2010

King Cakes

Read about the four King Cakes I helped to make today. Photographs included. Click here to read and view (but the cakes are going to a lucky few). Happy Carnival Season.

Blocks 22, 23, and 24. A Stitch in Time

Three additional posts in the series, A Stitch in Time, are linked below. View the individual quilt block and names on the block from a circa 1930s Friendship Quilt in Itawamba County, Mississippi, by clicking these links. Previous articles in the series are linked in the left-side bar.

Sunday, February 7, 2010

A Poem for Hill Country BOGO POST AT HOGS WEBPRESS

BOGO DAY AT HILL COUNTRY

Today you "buy one and get one free" at A Poem for Hill Country. Sara Coleridge and George Ellis each attempt to describe the twelve months. Both succeed; both poems are considered worthy of consideration. But, oh, how different. To read Coleridge's The Months and to read Ellis' The Twelve Months, click here.

BOGO DAY AT HILL COUNTRY

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Blocks 19, 20, and 21. A Stitch in Time

Three additional posts in the series, A Stitch in Time, are linked below. View the individual quilt block and names on the block from a circa 1930s Friendship Quilt in Itawamba County, Mississippi, by clicking these links. Previous articles in the series are linked in the left-side bar.

Friday, February 5, 2010

Blocks 16, 17, and 18. A Stitch in Time

Three additional posts in the series, A Stitch in Time, are linked below. View the individual quilt block and names on the block from a circa 1930s Friendship Quilt in Itawamba County, Mississippi, by clicking these links. Previous articles in the series are linked in the left-side bar.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Monroe Jounral Hill Country column for February 3, 2010


Hill Country --- Second Anniversary
is the topic for the Hill Country column in Monroe Journal for February 3, 2010. Click here to read the column.


Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Blocks 13, 14, and 15. A Stitch in Time

Three additional posts in the series, A Stitch in Time, are linked below. View the individual quilt block and names on the block from a circa 1930s Friendship Quilt in Itawamba County, Mississippi, by clicking these links, Previous articles in the series are linked in the left-side bar.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Blocks 10, 11, and 12. A Stitch in Time

Three additional posts in the series, A Stitch in Time, are linked below. View the individual quilt block and names on the block from a circa 1930s Friendship Quilt in Itawamba County, Mississippi, by clicking these links, Previous articles in the series are linked in the left-side bar.

Monday, February 1, 2010

Briar Collage Art --- A "one-a-day" approach

by Terry Thornton
email: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com
Some of you may enjoy the one-a-day posts of Teb Thornton at Briar Cottage Art. Teb, my elder son, is attempting to post a daily image of either a piece of art work he has completed or a photograph he has made. He started on January 1, 2010 --- and is off and running with a variety of images which constantly amazes and amuses me. It is a delight to see what he will post next!

Blocks 7, 8, and 9. A Stitch in Time

Three additional posts in the series, A Stitch in Time, are linked below. View the individual quilt block and names on the block from a circa 1930s Friendship Quilt in Itawamba County, Mississippi, by clicking these links, Previous articles in the series are linked in the left-side bar.