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Author: Alyce Faye Bragg

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DAD’S LOVE

July 3, 2020July 10, 2020 Alyce Faye Bragg
Father’s Day has come and gone, and I find myself still thinking about my father. He has been gone for almost 41 years, yet there is hardly a day goes by when I don’t remember something about him. Father’s Day is a special day for remembering, but ... Read more
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HUNTING FOR “MERKLES”

April 24, 2020May 3, 2020 Alyce Faye Bragg
Blackbirds are taking over the bird feeder as they wipe out another sack full of seed. Cardinals and mourning doves are still vying for the seed, but they are vastly outnumbered. We have had the redwing blackbirds recently, but these are the ... Read more
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THE SEASON OF GOLD – News From The Hills

November 8, 2019November 15, 2019 Alyce Faye Bragg
When God finished creating the earth, and everything that was in it, He looked upon what He had made. “And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good.” (Genesis 1-31) That makes me wonder if he was looking upon West Virginia ... Read more
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FALL IS COMING SOON – News From The Hills

August 30, 2019September 6, 2019 Alyce Faye Bragg
Twilight trails dusky fingers across the land tonight, cooling the edges of the sun-scorched day and bringing night to the hills once more. There is a definite note of fall felt in the air now, reflected in the cooler nights and seen in the more ... Read more
Alyce Faye Bragg
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THIS MIGHT BE MY LAST ARTICLE – News From The Hills

March 15, 2019March 21, 2019 Alyce Faye Bragg
We awoke to snow covering our home in the hills, but the sun comes out sporadically and tries in earnest to melt it. There are bare spots showing now, but the air is still quite cold. The songbirds still flock to the bird feeder, with lots of bright ... Read more
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SPRING IS NEAR – News From The Hills

March 1, 2019March 4, 2019 Alyce Faye Bragg
The sun is trying valiantly to peek out this morning, after several days of rain. This month has behaved in true February fashion, with soggy ground and plenty of rain. The yard looks bare and forlorn; with all the snow gone, winter’s debris can ... Read more
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ARCTIC CHILLS IN THE HILLS – News From The Hills

February 1, 2019February 4, 2019 Alyce Faye Bragg
Winter hit our hills with a vicious blow this past weekend, after we were used to the mild, although rainy, days of the past few months. It began with the snow and ice that covered our hills and highways, and then the temperature dropped lower and ... Read more
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“YOUNG SNOW” COVERS THE HILLS – News From The Hills

December 21, 2018January 20, 2019 Alyce Faye Bragg
A heavy frost covered the ground this morning, sparkling in the approaching sunlight that is beginning to bathe our hills. I am reminded of Mom’s remarking on a frost such as this, “It looks like a young snow!” Our days have been unusually mild ... Read more
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BREWING PEPPERMINT TEA – News From The Hills

October 26, 2018November 1, 2018 Alyce Faye Bragg
The whippoorwills are gone now, flown away to warmer climates. The summer sun is gone too, although it stayed here longer than usual. The frogs and crickets still sound their lonely cries, intermingled with the last of the katydid’s dirge. ... Read more
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FALLING INTO AUTUMN – News From The Hills

October 12, 2018October 16, 2018 Alyce Faye Bragg
Autumn entered our hills with wet feet, and it has been mostly damp ever since. Our hills are not the colorful scene as usual, since there has been no frost or freezing weather. We still can look forward to bright autumn weather, which is yet to ... Read more
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THANK GOODNESS FOR FAMILY – News From The Hills

September 28, 2018September 29, 2018 Alyce Faye Bragg
Gardens carry a rag-tag, end-of-summer air, and is almost gone. Only a few scraggly tomatoes and sweet peppers turning red remain. If you search through the dry, rustling cornstalks, you may find fat, yellow ground cherries growing close ... Read more
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SLOWING SUMMER – News From The Hills

August 31, 2018August 31, 2018 Alyce Faye Bragg
The days are still hot and humid as summer lingers on, but there is a change coming soon. August brings the tail end of summer as the gardens finish their work for another season. The ripe smell of corn tassels hang heavy in the air as the cornstalks ... Read more
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THE AUTUMN OF LIFE – News From The Hills

August 17, 2018August 17, 2018 Alyce Faye Bragg
I would like to send a great, big hug to all my friends who have missed me, and especially to those who have sent cards and letters telling me so. Most of you guessed the reason why—I fell again, and fractured my right arm, which kept me from writing ... Read more
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MIDSUMMER INVITES BEES AND BUTTERFLIES

August 3, 2018August 3, 2018 Alyce Faye Bragg
Midsummer heat blankets our hills, as July slips away into the past. August is ready to enter, with her showy flowers and languid, sleepy days marked by misty mornings and hot, sunshiny days. Above the spotted Joe-Pye weed, the butterflies ... Read more
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DEALING WITH THE WEEDS IN LIFE – News From The Hills

July 6, 2018July 6, 2018 Alyce Faye Bragg
Placid June days seemed to have exploded with searing heat and booming thunderstorms that pop up at the drop of a hat, but refreshing cooler nights that are most welcome. The newly mown hay dries in the fields, and the fragrance of sweet clover ... Read more
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HOW I REMEMBER MY FATHER – News From The Hills

June 22, 2018June 22, 2018 Alyce Faye Bragg
How long do you keep missing your father? Our Heavenly Father took my Dad to heaven 39 years ago, yet there is not a day that I don’t think of him. I can still see him coming down the hill from the Ball Diamond carrying a bouquet of wild flowers that ... Read more
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MY KINFOLK FATHER’S DAY HISTORY – News From The Hills

June 8, 2018June 10, 2018 Alyce Faye Bragg
Today is West Virginia’s birthday, and I am pondering the reason why God chose to put me in this particular place. I have a fierce loyalty to my native state, and, wonder if I would feel the same way had I been born elsewhere. I could have been born ... Read more
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MAKING GOOD MEMORIES – News From The Hills

May 25, 2018May 25, 2018 Alyce Faye Bragg
April has left us, and with her departure is taking most of our wet and gloomy days, and, leaving us with sunshine and blue skies. How our hearts have longed for these warm days of spring! The children are overjoyed to be able to run barefoot through ... Read more
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HAPPY FORAGING – News From The Hills

May 11, 2018May 14, 2018 Alyce Faye Bragg
April tucks her slightly damp robes about her and glides gracefully from the hills, leaving tranquil May to reign for the next month. May has always seemed to be a dainty little maiden, wearing flower-sprigged garments and tripping lightly ... Read more
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EARLY SPRING FLOWERS TO BLOOM SOON

April 27, 2018April 27, 2018 Alyce Faye Bragg
April showers bring May flowers, but what does April snow bring? According to my late mother, who was a fount of wisdom, April snow brings babies. Also, April snow water was a good remedy for burns. As for the babies. I wonder now if you rubbed April ... Read more
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THE EARLIEST SIGNS OF SPRING – News From The Hills

April 13, 2018April 14, 2018 Alyce Faye Bragg
The cold, rainy days of March seem to have bled over into the usually warmer days of April, with more rain and cloudy skies. Some folks have remarked that this has been the wettest March that they can remember, and it seems that way. We look forward ... Read more
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WHAT EASTER REALLY MEANS – News From The Hills

March 30, 2018March 30, 2018 Alyce Faye Bragg
It was still dark when the women arose from their beds, hurriedly put on their garments, and started down the path to the sepulcher where the body of Jesus lay. The pine torch flickered, sending out a warm smell of resin that blended pleasantly ... Read more
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THE PIPES, THE PIPES ARE CALLING – News From The Hills

March 16, 2018March 16, 2018 Alyce Faye Bragg
March did come in like the proverbial lion, howling ferociously and throwing his weight all around. He is still crouched in the shadows, flinging cold temperatures and a few snowflakes about. We awakened to a skift of snow, but sunshine has ... Read more
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MOM USED EVERYTHING FROM THE PIG EXCEPT THE WHISTLE! – News From The Hills

March 2, 2018March 2, 2018 Alyce Faye Bragg
A fine snow is sifting down upon the countryside, and the cows stand on the hillside and look bewildered at the change of weather. After a few mild days, it is hard to re-adjust to winter making another swipe at us. It is still February however, ... Read more
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FEBRUARY IS LOOKING BRIGHTER – News From The Hills

February 16, 2018February 16, 2018 Alyce Faye Bragg
“In winter’s cold and sparkling snow The garden in my mind does grow. I look outside to blinding white, And see my tulips blooming bright. And over there a sweet carnation, Softly scents my imagination. On this cold and freezing day, The Russian ... Read more
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