A godly mother sets a day-by-day example for her children

alycefaye@citlink.net (Alyce Faye Bragg) — Fri, 10 May 2013 23:45:00 -0400

My Mothers Hands
Such beautiful, beautiful hands! Theyre neither white nor small; And you, I know, would scarcely think

Hicks Holler is a magical paradise of wildflowers

alycefaye@citlink.net (Alyce Faye Bragg) — Fri, 03 May 2013 21:50:32 -0400

The last day of April dawned bright and sunny. Songbirds were warbling merrily; the purple lilacs heavy blossoms wafted a heavenly scent across the yard, and vied with the lavender azalea bush for beauty. It was a perfect spring day to be enjoyed to th...

Students travel the same road of life as older generations

alycefaye@citlink.net (Alyce Faye Bragg) — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

The white trilliums are blooming now on the road bank on the route to Clay. Later, they will be replaced by the yellow-white honeysuckle vine that twines up and down the hill, releasing a nostalgic, unforgettable fragrance. Elk River, green and inviting, f...

Signs of spring manifest in playing children

alycefaye@citlink.net (Alyce Faye Bragg) — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:08:15 -0400

The first definite symbol of the coming of spring showed up in our yard last week. On a relatively mild day, our front lawn was populated by half a dozen youngsters (I say that loosely) playing a vigorous game of softball....

Easter is always a special holiday

alycefaye@citlink.net (Alyce Faye Bragg) — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:54:37 -0400

Easter was a special holiday when I was a youngster at home. The actual preparations began weeks ahead, as Mom picked out material for our new Easter dresses and began fashioning fancy garments for her four daughters. She wo...

Beautiful birds are signs of spring

alycefaye@citlink.net (Alyce Faye Bragg) — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:44:55 -0400

On St. Patricks Day the robins came back to our area. The ground was thawed, the earthworms were coming to the surface and these red-breasted birds were converging all over the lawn. With their jerky movements, and hea...

St. Patricks Day makes the Irish proud

alycefaye@citlink.net (Alyce Faye Bragg) — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:49:03 -0400

Weve heard it over and over again, that everyone is Irish on St. Patricks Day. Being born an ODell, I was always proud of my Irish ancestry, and I fell in love with everything Irish when I read my first Irish book back in ...

Memories of chickens, farm are fond

alycefaye@citlink.net (Alyce Faye Bragg) — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:34:57 -0500

Sometimes a simple object will trigger a flood of memories, things of long ago and almost forgotten. The recent high windstorm blew a small churn that I used to store umbrellas off the porch and smashed it in the yard. I l...

March brings warmth to the end of winter

alycefaye@citlink.net (Alyce Faye Bragg) — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:25:10 -0500

A round full moon hangs suspended in the clear nighttime sky. Its silver rays, unchanged since the beginning of time, shine down upon a weary earth. We have always been fascinated by the moon. Babies cry for it, lover...

What else do I need. For I have learned to be content

( ) — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:39:45 -0500

Snowflakes dance and twirl through the air as the capricious wind blows them this way and that. The wind chimes tinkle madly, and the bare limbs on the trees bend to the whim of the wind. Winter has been showing his fierce teeth the past few days, with icy...

The Charleston Gazette - Alyce Faye Bragg

Grade school memories linger more vividly than most