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Salt is pretty good to be known as a bad guy

When I took the first bite of my buttered grits for breakfast this morning I was painfully aware that they were “flat,” with only a ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Thursday, April 7, 2022 8:00 am

Old Ways - Dean Campbell

Marching along in the interval around the equinox

The astrological first day of spring is marked by the spring equinox, at least in the Northern Hemisphere. This falls on March 19, 20 or ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Thursday, March 10, 2022 12:38 pm

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Senior moments…called forgetfulness when not a senior

While most folks are thinking about something the Babylonians began in 2000 B.C.—the making of New Year resolutions during their 12-day festival called Akitu, which ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Friday, January 7, 2022 12:11 pm

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Predicting winter weather before we hired meteorologists

Did you notice how many heavy fogs we had in August? At least two, with several thinner ones. That means we can expect a couple ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Friday, December 10, 2021 12:29 pm

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Why grandma saved flower seeds every year

Old Ways of the Dark Corner A 52-year-old friend and reader called me last week to say, “You have written quite a bit about working ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Monday, September 20, 2021 8:51 am

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Christmas celebrations were a mixture of fact and superstition

“Do you have more of those really funny Christmas superstitions like the ones you wrote about in your Tales column back in 2015,” asked a ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Friday, December 13, 2019 1:10 pm

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Apologies for the tremendous case of déjà vu

If you searched for my Old Ways column last month, and found an attractive, two-page layout with a striking masthead declaring more Twice-told Tales of the Dark ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Thursday, May 9, 2019 10:58 pm

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Homestead pollinators produced a sweet and medicinal product

Almost as ubiquitous as the moonshine still in the early days of the Dark Corner was the beehive. Both had an enormous impact on the viability of the ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Thursday, April 11, 2019 10:36 pm

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Wild plants of the backyard, field and forest used in healing remedies

Whenever I think of the many wild “weeds” that have healing power in their leaves, bark or flowers, I am reminded of a phrase from one of ... Read more

by Dean Campbell, Thursday, March 7, 2019 9:54 pm

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Old Ways of the Dark Corner: Most common herbs that were grown, kept handy by Dark Corner families

Having no patent medicines available on the frontier, grandparents and sometimes single people steeped in various uses of natural plants were adept at using a ... Read more