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In this episode Ray talks about an accident that nearly caused a family tragedy.

Well, I suppose I'm a Methodist born and a Methodist bred, since both my mother and my father were Methodist. Credits Production Writer/Narrator: Ray B. Rogers Producer/Editor/Engineer: Bradford Rogers Additional Voiceover: Bradford Rogers Music Special thanks to Lobo Loco and these talented creatives! Music for this podcast may include the following: Malte Junior - Hall (ID 738) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Good Thoughts (ID 45) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Hoh Hey (ID 918) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0)   Arround the Lake (ID 928) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) When The Mockingbirds Are Singing In The Wildwood Frank C. Stanley Public Domain Click HERE to order Ray’s book Depression Baby: True Stories from Growing Up During the Great Depression in Appalachia — and Other Things… https://amzn.to/2H8jqgz

Most people don't hitchhike these days...but we did it all the time when I was coming along... See Show Notes for musical and production credits, including music from our friend Lobo Loco.

Where did this statement come from? Maybe a farmer, who had run out of food for his hog with no money to buy more hog food, turned his hog out into the fields and woods to forage for himself. The hog would find acorns in the woods to help satisfy his hunger and then he would have to root for more dinner. And so it is “Root, hog, or die.” It is simple, some effort must be forthcoming or the hog will die. So it was during the Great Depression. It was “root hog or die” for people, as well as pigs. Credits Production Writer/Narrator: Ray B. Rogers Producer/Editor/Engineer: Bradford Rogers Additional Voiceover: Bradford Rogers Music Special thanks to Lobo Loco and these talented creatives! Music for this podcast may include the following: Malte Junior - Hall (ID 738) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Good Thoughts (ID 45) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Hoh Hey (ID 918) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Keep It In Your Heart (ID 899) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Everything on the Colne is good Nicky Cook Creative Commons License (BY-NC-SA) PLANTATION Jason Shaw Creative Commons License (BY) When The Mockingbirds Are Singing In The Wildwood Frank C. Stanley Public Domain Click HERE to order Ray’s book Depression Baby: True Stories from Growing Up During the Great Depression in Appalachia — and Other Things… https://amzn.to/2H8jqgz

A special Christmas Hello and update from "The Little White House" in Winston County, Mississippi. Credits Production Writer/Narrator: Ray B. Rogers Producer/Editor/Engineer: Bradford Rogers Additional Voiceover: Bradford Rogers Music Special thanks to Lobo Loco and these talented creatives! Music for this podcast may include the following: Malte Junior - Hall (ID 738) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0)   When The Mockingbirds Are Singing In The Wildwood Frank C. Stanley Public Domain   Click HERE to order Ray’s book Depression Baby: True Stories from Growing Up During the Great Depression in Appalachia — and Other Things… https://amzn.to/2H8jqgz

Where have all these critters gone? Credits Production Writer/Narrator: Ray B. Rogers Producer/Editor/Engineer: Bradford Rogers Additional Voiceover: Bradford Rogers Music Special thanks to Lobo Loco and these talented creatives! Music for this podcast may include the following: Malte Junior - Hall (ID 738) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Good Thoughts (ID 45) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) After All (ID 943) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Hoh Hey (ID 918) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Hoh Harph (ID 924) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Driving to the Delta (ID 923) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Uncredibble Frog River Route (ID 252) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Keep It In Your Heart (ID 899) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Arround the Lake (ID 928) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Lucky The Horse (ID 916) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Everything on the Colne is good Nicky Cook Creative Commons License (BY-NC-SA) PLANTATION Jason Shaw Creative Commons License (BY) When The Mockingbirds Are Singing In The Wildwood Frank C. Stanley Public Domain Pine Apple Rag Scott Joplin (piano roll) Public Domain Weirder Drake Stafford Creative Commons License (BY) Click HERE to order Ray’s book Depression Baby: True Stories from Growing Up During the Great Depression in Appalachia — and Other Things… https://amzn.to/2H8jqgz

  I still maintain...that it was all Winston Churchill's fault. Credits Production Writer/Narrator: Ray B. Rogers Producer/Editor/Engineer: Bradford Rogers Additional Voiceover: Bradford Rogers Music Special thanks to Lobo Loco and these talented creatives...! Malte Junior - Hall (ID 738) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Good Thoughts (ID 45) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) After All (ID 943) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Arround the Lake (ID 928) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Lucky The Horse (ID 916) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) When The Mockingbirds Are Singing In The Wildwood Frank C. Stanley Public Domain Weirder Drake Stafford Creative Commons License (BY) Click HERE to order Ray’s book Depression Baby: True Stories from Growing Up During the Great Depression in Appalachia — and Other Things… https://amzn.to/2H8jqgz

I was afraid this might be a little risqué, but here goes… And rest assured, this was recorded on a weekday—and besides, it’s probably not what you think, folks. But just have a listen as I explain The Lost Art… Credits Production Writer/Narrator: Ray B. Rogers Producer/Editor/Engineer: Bradford Rogers Additional Voiceover: Bradford Rogers Music Special thanks to Lobo Loco and these talented creatives...! Malte Junior - Hall (ID 738) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Uncredibble Frog River Route (ID 252) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Arround the Lake (ID 928) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Everything on the Colne is good Nicky Cook Creative Commons License (BY-NC-SA) When The Mockingbirds Are Singing In The Wildwood Frank C. Stanley Public Domain Pine Apple Rag Scott Joplin (piano roll) Public Domain Click HERE to order Ray’s book Depression Baby: True Stories from Growing Up During the Great Depression in Appalachia — and Other Things… https://amzn.to/2H8jqgz

Yes, but how many of you have heard about the tobacco beds?   Credits Production Writer/Narrator: Ray B. Rogers Producer/Editor/Engineer: Bradford Rogers Additional Voiceover: Bradford Rogers Music Special thanks to Lobo Loco and these talented creatives...! Malte Junior - Hall (ID 738) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Good Thoughts (ID 45) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Hoh Hey (ID 918) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Hoh Harph (ID 924) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Arround the Lake (ID 928) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Everything on the Colne is good Nicky Cook Creative Commons License (BY-NC-SA) PLANTATION Jason Shaw Creative Commons License (BY) When The Mockingbirds Are Singing In The Wildwood Frank C. Stanley Public Domain Click HERE to order Ray’s book Depression Baby: True Stories from Growing Up During the Great Depression in Appalachia — and Other Things… https://amzn.to/2H8jqgz

Why would Eldridge Medford tolerate a Lazy Girl on the premises? Credits Production Writer/Narrator: Ray B. Rogers Producer/Editor/Engineer: Bradford Rogers Additional Voiceover: Bradford Rogers Music Special thanks to Lobo Loco and these talented creatives...! Malte Junior - Hall (ID 738) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Good Thoughts (ID 45) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Hoh Hey (ID 918) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Arround the Lake (ID 928) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Everything on the Colne is good Nicky Cook Creative Commons License (BY-NC-SA) PLANTATION Jason Shaw Creative Commons License (BY) When The Mockingbirds Are Singing In The Wildwood Frank C. Stanley Public Domain Click HERE to order Ray’s book Depression Baby: True Stories from Growing Up During the Great Depression in Appalachia — and Other Things… https://amzn.to/2H8jqgz

In the Season 2 opener, Ray tells how life in the little Depression-Era town of Hanging Dog (just a stone's throw from Frog Level) made an indelible impression on him. Credits Production Writer/Narrator: Ray B. Rogers Producer/Editor/Engineer: Bradford Rogers Additional Voiceover: Bradford Rogers Music Special thanks to Lobo Loco and these talented creatives...! Malte Junior - Hall (ID 738) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Hoh Hey (ID 918) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Keep It In Your Heart (ID 899) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Everything on the Colne is good Nicky Cook Creative Commons License (BY-NC-SA) PLANTATION Jason Shaw Creative Commons License (BY) When The Mockingbirds Are Singing In The Wildwood Frank C. Stanley Public Domain Click HERE to order Ray’s book Depression Baby: True Stories from Growing Up During the Great Depression in Appalachia — and Other Things… https://amzn.to/2H8jqgz

Big thanks to everybody who came out, including Lucy, Derrick, Jeannie, Johnny Wayne and Nancie Bradford, Dick and Nancy Juge, Mary Todd and Jason, Christina, Charlene, Billy, Melba Rose, Danny Paul, Leah, Brenda, Theresa, Hunter, Norma, Marie, Mary Ann, Adelaide, Jerry and Tommy. Thanks so much to Carolyn at Book Mart for the hospitality, and to everyone at The Claiborne for their help. Thanks to Mary Todd (and Jason), our Sidewalk Outreach Crew. (Ray refers here to a number of stories from Depression Baby. The links in the transcript below will take you to the related episode of the podcast, etc.) CLICK HERE to get the audiobook FREE, along with a free month of Audible, the world's premiere Audiobook source.   Credits Production Writer/Narrator: Ray B. Rogers Producer/Editor/Engineer: Bradford Rogers Additional Voiceover: Bradford Rogers Music Special thanks to Lobo Loco and these talented creatives...! Malte Junior - Hall (ID 738) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Good Thoughts (ID 45) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Arround the Lake (ID 928) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) When The Mockingbirds Are Singing In The Wildwood Frank C. Stanley Public Domain Click HERE to order Ray’s book Depression Baby: True Stories from Growing Up During the Great Depression in Appalachia — and Other Things… https://amzn.to/2H8jqgz

Well, now that we're on Episode 31, it seems like a good time to post the Introduction to Depression Baby! (And, well, it seems I may have caused the Great Depression...) Credits Production Writer/Narrator: Ray B. Rogers Producer/Editor/Engineer: Bradford Rogers Additional Voiceover: Bradford Rogers Music Special thanks to Lobo Loco and these talented creatives...! Malte Junior - Hall (ID 738) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0)   Hoh Hey (ID 918) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0)   Arround the Lake (ID 928) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Everything on the Colne is good Nicky Cook Creative Commons License (BY-NC-SA) When The Mockingbirds Are Singing In The Wildwood Frank C. Stanley Public Domain Click HERE to order Ray’s book Depression Baby: True Stories from Growing Up During the Great Depression in Appalachia — and Other Things… https://amzn.to/2H8jqgz

Our family will always have the knowledge that Frank Rogers brought his little family there to teach the children of Catalooch... Don't forget...right now you can get the COMPLETE audiobook of Depression Baby FREE... Just CLICK HERE. Credits Production Writer/Narrator: Ray B. Rogers Producer/Editor/Engineer: Bradford Rogers Additional Voiceover: Bradford Rogers Music Special thanks to Lobo Loco and these talented creatives...! Malte Junior - Hall (ID 738) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) After All (ID 943) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Arround the Lake (ID 928) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) When The Mockingbirds Are Singing In The Wildwood Frank C. Stanley Public Domain Click HERE to order Ray’s book Depression Baby: True Stories from Growing Up During the Great Depression in Appalachia — and Other Things… https://amzn.to/2H8jqgz

A key piece of mountain technology causes Ray some grief... Don't forget...right now you can get the COMPLETE audiobook of Depression Baby FREE... Just CLICK HERE. Credits Production Writer/Narrator: Ray B. Rogers Producer/Editor/Engineer: Bradford Rogers Additional Voiceover: Bradford Rogers Music Special thanks to Lobo Loco and these talented creatives...! Malte Junior - Hall (ID 738) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Good Thoughts (ID 45) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Hoh Hey (ID 918) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Everything on the Colne is good Nicky Cook Creative Commons License (BY-NC-SA) When The Mockingbirds Are Singing In The Wildwood Frank C. Stanley Public Domain Click HERE to order Ray’s book Depression Baby: True Stories from Growing Up During the Great Depression in Appalachia — and Other Things… https://amzn.to/2H8jqgz

During the long winter months when fresh fruit was scarce, biting into a crunchy Winesap apple was a welcome treat. Don't forget...right now you can get the COMPLETE audiobook of Depression Baby FREE... Just CLICK HERE. Credits Production Writer/Narrator: Ray B. Rogers Producer/Editor/Engineer: Bradford Rogers Additional Voiceover: Bradford Rogers Music Special thanks to Lobo Loco and these talented creatives...! Malte Junior - Hall (ID 738) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Good Thoughts (ID 45) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Hoh Hey (ID 918) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Hoh Harph (ID 924) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Keep It In Your Heart (ID 899) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) When The Mockingbirds Are Singing In The Wildwood Frank C. Stanley Public Domain Click HERE to order Ray’s book Depression Baby: True Stories from Growing Up During the Great Depression in Appalachia — and Other Things… https://amzn.to/2H8jqgz

Ray's Uncle John Rogers pulls a prank on a thoughtless neighbor... ALERT: Here's where you can get the audiobook of Depression Baby (the complete stories) for FREE!  RayBRogers.com/audible Credits Production Writer/Narrator: Ray B. Rogers Producer/Editor/Engineer: Bradford Rogers Additional Voiceover: Bradford Rogers Music Special thanks to Lobo Loco and these talented creatives...! Malte Junior - Hall (ID 738) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) When The Mockingbirds Are Singing In The Wildwood Frank C. Stanley Public Domain Click HERE to order Ray’s book Depression Baby: True Stories from Growing Up During the Great Depression in Appalachia — and Other Things… https://amzn.to/2H8jqgz

This Labor Day...I'm glad I'm not laboring in Granddad's corn field! Credits Production Writer/Narrator: Ray B. Rogers Producer/Editor/Engineer: Bradford Rogers Additional Voiceover: Bradford Rogers Music Special thanks to Lobo Loco and these talented creatives...! Malte Junior - Hall (ID 738) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Good Thoughts (ID 45) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) After All (ID 943) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Hoh Hey (ID 918) Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND 4.0) Everything on the Colne is good Nicky Cook Creative Commons License (BY-NC-SA) When The Mockingbirds Are Singing In The Wildwood Frank C. Stanley Public Domain Click HERE to order Ray’s book Depression Baby: True Stories from Growing Up During the Great Depression in Appalachia — and Other Things… https://amzn.to/2H8jqgz