Postcards From the Po’ Farm
First off, I need to refresh memories about where the name of the blog originated. My grandfather, who in the late 1930s bought the farm where we now life, called this 50-acre place the Po’ Farm, in reference to the “poor farms” that were prevalent in those Depression days. Fayette County’s poor farm, where people way down on their luck went to live, was out on McDonough Road.
My grandparents and my dad didn’t have to go to the poor farm, but my grandfather’s family did lose between 800 and 1,000 acres due to the boll weevil, the Depression and the financial ruin they brought. Pop’s nickname for this place shows that his sense of humor survived the hard times.
A Couple of the Hardworking Folks of Inman
Looking through some old photos the other night I ran across one of a squash patch my brother Rob and I had in a field just off Highway 92 on Hill’s Bridge Road. It’s where Chris Gibson and his family now live but the property belonged to Margaret and Virginia...
The One That Got Away
Any time I go to Cumming for the Cumming Steam, Antique Tractor and Gas Exposition or the Georgia Mountain Tractor and Engine Club show I look over all the Farmall Super Cs on display. I’m hoping to see something that would identify one of them as the first...
The Unforgettable Experience of Your First Snow
With the possibility of snow in the forecast, the kid in me is hoping we’ll see some this weekend, even though the old guy I’ve become doesn’t deal with the cold like I once did. Still, I love watching the snow fall, and I marvel at the quiet beauty of a...
Best Watermelon Patch Ever
In an earlier era, lots of folks around Inman had a watermelon patch every summer. My cousin and neighbor Mickey Harp and I were familiar with lots of those patches, as we often got recruited to help pick, load and sell the melons. But neither of us can ever recall a...
Memories made breaking ground with an even more memorable friend
It’s been 25 years since the Inman Methodist Church completed an expansion that added a fellowship hall and numerous Sunday School classrooms. I was on the Building Committee for that project, and it was a great honor. We worked on the plans for a long...