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In These Ozark Hills, April 2015
This is Marideth Sisco for These Ozark Hills. Well, spring has come in the door, fitfully and uncertain, like a child who has done something probably bad, and doesn’t know if you know it yet. A warm day or two and then a burst of snow, and another. Rain maybe, but where it will fall too much or too little no one knows. Mother Nature is nothing if not fickle. Just like a woman, we say. Well, I’d like to say a little more about that. Continue reading
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Tagged family, Gentryville, marideth sisco, Ozark women, women in history, Women's History month
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In These Ozark Hills; January 2015
This is Marideth Sisco for These Ozark Hills. Well, wouldn’t you know it. We just got finished celebrating or commiserating about 2014 and here it is 2015, and another New Year is upon us. Or is it? I’ve been reading … Continue reading
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Tagged Anno Domini, calendar, Chinese calendar, Gregorian calendar, Luigi Lilio, New Years Day, solstices, traditions
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Giving Thanks
This is Marideth Sisco for These Ozark Hills. I always feel when I come to the ragged end of the year that I’ve been in a year-long race, and will just barely make it to the finish. There is always … Continue reading
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Tagged blessings, GRanny Blue, local history, Mammoth Spring, memorial, Ozark living, thanksgiving
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Fall Harvest
As fall commences with still no frost, the air becomes luminous from the changing colors, and the hills themselves become models for new old works by Constable. He must have done all his painting in October. The garden is a … Continue reading
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Tagged apple butter, autumn color, butterball, gardening, marideth sisco, Ozark living, Winesap apples
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A FIT OF APPLES
This is Marideth Sisco for These Ozark Hills. You know, it’s a funny thing, but even though I always know this little talk is coming, I’m never sure what it is I’ll talk about until I sit down to do … Continue reading
Camp Sister Spirit
Recently I was asked by the feminist journal “Sinister Wisdom” to write a small piece on what had become of the women’s community that called itself Camp Sister Spirit. I had known the founders for years, and had some knowledge … Continue reading
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