Appalachian Patria

Appalachian Intellectual. To me that means plain thinking. I am A Non Commissioned Officer in the Army Reserves. Let me say...My views expressed here are mine and not those of The U.S. Army, Army Reserve or my fellow brethren in The National Guard. This is entirely Sua Sponte. This is My Thinking. I'm single and in my mid 30's. Politicaly, I'm a Libertarian. (Again, Sua Sponte.I do not represent the Libertarian Party.)I love my native Appalachia, Rock n Roll and...I love God.

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Location: Brevard, North Caroilina

I started blogging for two reasons. I was concerned about the changes to the area I live in, Southern Appalachia and I was about to go to the war. I was in Iraq in 06 and 07 and now Kuwait in 11 and 12. Blogging was a means of documenting my experiences and hoping it would help gain clarity. I don't feel that way about it any more. It's said people write blogs because they are frustrated, that's why people read them too. That makes us sound apocalyptic. Are we? Let it be said, what I say here is of my own thinking. This is entirely Sua Sponte and not an official representation of the U.S. Military or the U.S. Government as a whole.

Sunday, April 09, 2006

This is the veiw from Tannasee Bald just insde Translvania County. Transylvania, Haywood and Jackson Counties all come together here. That's Pilot Mountain you see there and the French Broad River Valley beyond it. Both Tannassee and Pilot are steeped in alot of Cherokee lore. It's a fine country and I'm thankful to God that I'm of it. Visitors may see the lines of the Mountains, but, some of us see alot more. A Mountain is just as pretty to me close up as it from afar. I could go and waller in the dirt and it would be just as beautiful. God made a fine country here.

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posted by Hill Billy Rave | Sunday, April 09, 2006

4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Absolutely beautiful country is right. I've not had the opportunity to visit N.C. yet...hopefully someday.
Speaking of dirt...my dad who is no longer alive was a gentleman farmer of sorts... he loved the dirt of his home(Illinois)... he was buried with some that his daughter dutiful dug up in mid January despite the snow and frozen ground. He loved his dirt.

10:34 PM  
Blogger Hill Billy Rave said...

I'm sorry you o longer have your Father, Janie. I can understand. That's interesting.

6:52 AM  
Blogger Elvis Drinkmo said...

Beautiful picture, man. I gotta get down to the Carolina mountains someday. God blessed us all in Appalachia, in my opinion, I can't imagine living anywhere else.

Sorry I've been out for so long. Now that the season is here, I'm outside alot more.

11:48 PM  
Blogger Hill Billy Rave said...

I know how it is Elvis, Stay in touch.

3:58 PM  

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