Posted on 08/31/2008 9:30:31 PM PDT by JustAmy
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We wouldn’t be good grandparents if we all didn’t think our grandchildren were the greatest! Thats life, isn’t it, Nan!
You sure have a beautiful place....so neat I can’t stand it.
Told Lori I never saw such biscuits...yummmmm and gravy. Wish I had that right now. You have a lovely husband....any husband that can cook is lovely. And you are as cute as a button, Miss Preacher Lady. I know your people in the church just adore you, sweetie.
We love grits here in Tennessee. We like them with eggs, we like them with gravy and we like them alone. I like them sometimes with a little butter, sugar and cream. But those that don’t like them never will. And thats fine with me.
Also, did my post take a long time to open for you? It got really long and I had hoped it wouldn't be too cumbersome for those of you on dialup. The quality of some of the photos suffered a LOT because I optimized the heck out of them, especially the collages. It's hard to keep the file size down on those collages.
LOL. I gave it my best shot, trying to get her to have more grits this time. Pshaw, that girl has no spirit of adventure.
See, I think it is definitely a "southern thing". Nope, I am never going to like them. LOL
Ha. A very good pastor friend of mine once told me, “If you think that being a pastor is a popularity contest, you’re in the wrong business.” I have discovered that to be true.
Greetins to ye. Me name be Katy Ulen. If ye please, would ye be knowin how they life was lived on they frontier of America?
A TRUE ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF BENJAMIN ULEN
Me name is Catherine (Katy) Carpenter Ulen. I be barn in Boston, Massachusetts in the summer of Lard Dunmores War, 1774. Me father sight land and weelth in the far waist Virginny Territory. The injuns weir a grate source o danger, as they attacked evry sittlement at will. Death be a dialy companion an life be ard and dengerous, with many settlers taken.
I met me usband in 1789 at they Redstone Old Fort in they flats o Grave Creek nine miles south o Wheeling, Va. E be a small man about 5 4 with a ruddy complexion. E was fond of horse racing and good spirits for drinkin. Aye, an andsome e was. is life be one for a story book, tis. Aye, the adventures that e ad on that wild frontier! Benjamin be barn in Philadelphia, Penn. In 1750. Es parents took em to Mobile when e be only a wee lad o ten years. Poor wee lad e lost is mum when e was twelve years. Benjamin an is sister, Mary, be given to a guardian an sent to school. Poor Ben, bein so active, coudna abide they books, and when they master gave im a thrashing, e ran away an jained a group o injun traders hedin to they Creek Nation. The traders be ambushed by they injuns an poor Ben be taken, e was.
Ben says e lerned they ways, they language, an they vices o the Creeks. E loved they foot racin an they orse racin They Creeks called im the Rabbit.
I also am NOT very adventurous when it comes to new food either. (well, unless it's dessert! LOL) I'm not sure I want to try hog jowl, and don't like onions at all, but I'd be happy with the blackeyed peas, cornbread and fried green tomatoes (though I've never had fried green tomatoes either)
Oh, Nan! I can HEAR her!! :-)
Wonderful account of your “adventure” and marvelous pictures of all involved. Thank you for sharing them with us!
Sounds like a great idea, ladies. I found it very interesting and wanted more, even though I read that slowly so that I could really understand it.
Oh, Okay, I will just e-mail the text to you. The pictures are not necessary. I was just looking for things on Google that might fit. Then just link to the “rest of the story”.
Yeah, but how bad can a tomato be, no matter what you do with it. Right? They were good. And the hog jowl was fried and a lot like thick bacon. Not bad at all - it just doesn't sound real good, does it?
I love Katy's stories, her accent is so cute!
Okay, I e-mailed the text to you.
LOL. Have ye ever tried to spell an Irish accent?
That is not all of page 1. I think that if I leave out the graphics, I can go ahead and just post the text. What do you think?
I will try to get it put together tomorrow and I will also include the photos of Katy too. I think it will be nice for you to have the page to link to, even if you want to go ahead and post the rest of Katy's story at Amy's Place.
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