by Rick Minter | Postcards From The Po' Farm
It’s been a tradition for years that during the month of August, those of us who attend Inman United Methodist Church sing hymns from the little brown Cokesbury hymnals. Sometimes, on those Sunday mornings, I’m disappointed to see that the powers that be...
by Rick Minter | Postcards From The Po' Farm
Some of my most vivid memories of attending the first and second grade at the old Fayetteville Elementary School on Glynn Street were the days heating oil was delivered to the school. The oil arrived on a giant tank mounted on a green 1960 Ford F600 that...
by Rick Minter | Postcards From The Po' Farm
A well-run antique tractor and equipment show can be as refreshing for the soul as a summertime camp meeting. Cleveland and Georgia Carter from Baxley, Ga., knocked it out of the park with their fourth annual C&G Antique Tractor Show this past...
by Rick Minter | Postcards From The Po' Farm
Back in the day, lots of young fellows around Inman and Woolsey worked a summer or two for Edward Ballard. He had a reputation as a tough taskmaster, and the work on his farm was hard, but in my experience he wouldn’t ask you to do anything he wouldn’t do...
by Rick Minter | Postcards From The Po' Farm
In my time of growing up, nearly every rural community had a country store, most of them run by a sole proprietor. Today, country stores have largely been replaced by Dollar Generals, which don’t have the inventory of bigger groceries but enough on the shelves...
by Rick Minter | Postcards From The Po' Farm
“It’s A Wonderful Life” is one of my favorite movies. Maybe that’s because the Jimmy Stewart character George Bailey reminds me so much of my friend and mentor Travis Hardy, who died last week at the age of 96. Both were bankers who were more interested in...
