Comments on: Have Some Chicken And Joe!

By: Brad D. Green

Brad D. Green — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:19:00 +0000

I think a major component of ruralism is just a raw apprehension of a world with less concrete. When we abandoned gravel for our driveways the world changed. Gravel driveways help keep a family intact. If the road leading up to your house is smooth, then the shocks and vibrations within the walls more easily shake loose the rivets of the lives that are realized inside. When you drive down a mile of rattling, jouncy gravel before you get home, whatever the wife does to screw things up isn’t so bad anymore.

By: kaolin fire

kaolin fire — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:13:00 +0000

Fun video. Best of luck with that thar hill billyism!

By: Rusty Barnes

Rusty Barnes — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:47:00 +0000

The blank page awaits, John.

By: fjsharp

fjsharp — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:38:00 +0000

Countless orphaned stories on my hard drive and not a one has a lick to do with ruralism.

By: Yokel (TKS)

Yokel (TKS) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:24:00 +0000

Rusty Rusty RustyYou troublemakahhhhhFried Chicken and Coffee are two of my favorite food groups. I’m subscribin’Tamara

By: jc

jc — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:17:00 +0000

i fucking LOVE this idea!! this may be just the thing to snap me out of it.JC

By: GO

GO — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:35:00 +0000

Playin in the crickbed w/ stones I was raised up north of you in a schizoid place still w/in the boundaries of Appalachia. The coal we knew was what passed through town on the train from the south that went north to the power plant along the east shore of the lake. Knowing that we almost have a common ruralized background I will see what crap I can throw at ya!

By: Rosie

Rosie — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:01:00 +0000

This looks great, Rusty! Thanks for the link. You should check out Buffy Holt, too. She’s an ex-pat Appalachian gal in London and writes beautiful prose. I’d love to read some of your stories about where you grew up.

By: miette

miette — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:04:00 +0000

I was sold with the “saucy content… one of these days” disclaimer preface.

By: Spencer Troxell

Spencer Troxell — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:44:00 +0000

My family (on my mother’s side) comes from Maetwan, and are intimately familiar with the hatfields and mccoys. I grew up in an atmosphere filled with men playing cards and smoking unfiltered cigarettes by train tracks, and am unhealthily familiar with tale of how the devil can draw a person from the light. I dig what you’re shooting for.