<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Southern Folk and Farm Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[Discover SouthernFolkandFarmLife.com—your home for Southern stories, heritage, farming, and rural life. From Facebook to full website, join us!]]></description><link>https://www.southernfolkandfarmlife.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 04:53:19 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.southernfolkandfarmlife.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA["EVEN ME LORD, EVEN ME"]]></title><description><![CDATA[I guess almost anyone is capable of a profound "dumbness," now and again, even me. I hear you, I hear you, you almost said it aloud, and I almost heard you almost say it aloud, "no way, not WADE!" Yes way, yes Wade, to quote the immortal pundits, Bill and Ted, who like Donkey Hotie, once went on a great adventure. As a writer, you know I love to have fun with other folks' faux pas, since turnabout is fair play, I feel compelled now and then, to bring forth, 'splain, confess, and share a few...]]></description><link>https://www.southernfolkandfarmlife.com/post/even-me-lord-even-me</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9e2e8f66586e49b3f6a141</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 06:12:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17600c_59b31ebcdf3d4d88a26c0dfa2acd6795~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_368,h_522,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wade Peebles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making the Front Porch a Little Bigger, Welcome To Southern Folk and Farm Life!]]></title><description><![CDATA[SOUTHERN FOLK AND FARM LIFE - Well...we sold the farm and moved to town. It’s still hard for me to believe, but we did it for all the right reasons. When the Lord opens a door for you, you’d better walk through it. So we did—with joy in our hearts. The other plot twist? He moved us to Alabama.]]></description><link>https://www.southernfolkandfarmlife.com/post/making-the-front-porch-a-little-bigger-welcome-to-southern-folk-and-farm-life</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a98d41772f5ee628cd74b9a</guid><category><![CDATA[Matt Jolley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Southern Happenings]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 02:00:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eda8a7_1b804f0c585d4478b74ee118e08683d4~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_851,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Jolley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SPRUCING UP THE FRONT ROOM]]></title><description><![CDATA[My front room here at the house was dull and boring, like me. I found $27.32 in the pocket of my wool "Members Only" underdrawers from the 1980s that were way back in the bottom of my chifforobe's "chester" drawers. When you come upon old money that you forgot you had, of course one's first thought is, "I did not know I had this, so I won't miss it if I give it to someone who really needs." So, I ordered stuff from the F.W. Woolworth's catalog on Temu. They own the Woolworth's mail order...]]></description><link>https://www.southernfolkandfarmlife.com/post/sprucing-up-the-front-room</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8daec076a0a4a55f34a5b8</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 16:16:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17600c_5e542278b8f3481f86561e137e00033c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_633,h_484,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wade Peebles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE WORLD IS NO LONGER "POSTCARD PRETTY"]]></title><description><![CDATA[So, you wanna be a world traveler? Maybe you want to see the sights of London, see what the mother country is like today? Get in line, stand and wait. Okay let's try crossing the channel and see gay Paree, as it is pronounced. Paris, the Eifel Tower, The Arc De Triomphe, the Louvre to see the great art works of the world. Well, maybe not London, or Paris. How about a world-famous spot that is more rural? Let us jump over to the British countryside to check out Stonehenge. Ah heck! There must...]]></description><link>https://www.southernfolkandfarmlife.com/post/the-world-is-no-longer-postcard-pretty</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a5e8e9f6adee9ecb1615f40</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 03:27:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17600c_0f23cac557cb47d1aa413cafa1ee85a3~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wade Peebles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[WE BOYZ THREE, HANDCRAFTED, LIMITED EDITION, ARTISAN, HEIRLOOM TOMATO CATSUPS]]></title><description><![CDATA[COMING SOON TO LANIER'S IGA, PORTAL, GEORGIA Attention steak lovers, it's gonna be good! No steak is too good for "We Boyz Three!" Try them all.]]></description><link>https://www.southernfolkandfarmlife.com/post/we-boyz-three-handcrafted-limited-edition-artisan-heirloom-tomato-catsups</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a56e2ee5e603ccfb33090ed</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 01:38:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17600c_775236cec7a346f0aab342b812497916~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wade Peebles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["A PLACE TO PRAY"]]></title><description><![CDATA["For I will declare mine iniquity..." Even so, as a child, he was a child of the most high God. He walked with God, and God walked with him, even as it was in the time of old Eden, long before the memory of man. The ancient southern soil grew both farmers and preachers, sometimes they grew twined as one, a man who would farm, and would, in time, preach. To the one or the other, was a calling, few were called by God to be both. It seemed that a man who farmed well, who would be burdened with...]]></description><link>https://www.southernfolkandfarmlife.com/post/a-place-to-pray</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f51efb90b4365cb86118d9</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:03:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17600c_d83dc733dcee46648fa1a0be5f0c652b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wade Peebles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A POSTCARD FROM GARFIELD]]></title><description><![CDATA[IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN GARFIELD At one of the NBIC gaduate houses, the men there have a garden with a scarecrow. Yesterday I waved at it, I felt like an idiot, because that was the third time this week! Scarecrows are rare these days, what we really need are "scare deers," because deer are a big problem, much more than crows. I can remember when rabbits were plentiful and folks tried many ways to keep them from devouring their garden. There aren't many rabbits now. Have you ever heard old...]]></description><link>https://www.southernfolkandfarmlife.com/post/a-postcard-from-garfield-3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2bfcab418318a8f7e17061</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:17:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17600c_04674b7616c3429191d437adffdb4a72~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wade Peebles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A POSTCARD FROM GARFIELD]]></title><description><![CDATA[My AI "friend," Silas was evidently still half asleep or hungover, when I asked him to create a Postcard from Garfield this morning. I meant in the same style as the series we have been doing. This is what he created when I told him to make this morning's edition with babee Conway's Shicken Shack. He had the wrong Garfield in mind. It is funny so we will go with it. Maybe the babee is making enough shicken money to hire Garfield as host of his bistro, if so, I am proud of him. Shame briars...]]></description><link>https://www.southernfolkandfarmlife.com/post/a-postcard-from-garfield-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a22cf4f861147e383952897</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:43:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17600c_ca4b923ed1c94243915e31cefea8042c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wade Peebles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A POSTCARD FROM GARFIELD]]></title><description><![CDATA[WEDNESDAY, JUNE 03, 2026 Hello, good morning, good evening, good afternoon, whichever it is as you peruse this. We love having our stuff perused, so thank you for your perusal. I was thinking of how important reading material was to us not too very long ago, before the internet, which our young folks today probably see the "before the internet" era as the truly dark ages indeed. We subscribed to magazines and newspapers or bought them at newsstands, grocery stores, convenience stores, or drug...]]></description><link>https://www.southernfolkandfarmlife.com/post/a-postcard-from-garfield-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a201959b63f5fb828eb93e6</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:55:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17600c_03dcd9729e3d435fb88c8af61992295f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_997,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wade Peebles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A POSTCARD FROM GARFIELD]]></title><description><![CDATA[THANK HEAVENS FOR EARL, THIS COULD HAVE TURNED OUT BADLY! Gosh, a biscuit outage can get folks riled up, knocked down, and old lady's step-ins in a bunch! Ole aunt Maude can 'member the bad, bad days when biscuits "was scase," or "plumb, not to be had'a'tall." She was a right young woman when that debble incarnate, sherman and his rabble trash come through wusser'n a swarm of locusts totin' burnin' lightered knots, whut they did not take, or kill, they defileded! They wuz nothing to make a...]]></description><link>https://www.southernfolkandfarmlife.com/post/a-postcard-from-garfield</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1cf6a674254bcae0834adc</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 04:10:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17600c_13cffc1f30424804b5d0caf4ce20c4f9~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wade Peebles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A POST CARD FROM GARFIELD, 5/29/26]]></title><description><![CDATA[A POSTCARD FROM GARFIELD Welcome to my world, the "Garfield-Canoochee Non-Metropolitan Area." Starting today, I am kicking off a new feature as we say goodbye to our faithful servant, "Rememberamble." No, no, Rememberamble is not dead, nor even ailing with anything, he has fallen in love with a "Canoocheehoochie gal," and they have done and run off to Florida, and are shacked-up at the old Swisher Sweets Motor Court near Tampa. Who would have ever thunk it!? Anyway, moving forward, look for...]]></description><link>https://www.southernfolkandfarmlife.com/post/a-post-card-from-garfield-5-29-26</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1954f569f69d4475ae9337</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 10:39:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17600c_e4f29e158f0248bca691159405667923~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wade Peebles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A REMEMBERAMBLE FOR TUESDAY, 5/26/2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[THANK YOU LORD, FOR THE GIFT OF RAINS We have been blessed with repeated rains of late, and there is joy in it! Yes, joy in the rains. The forecast is for much more rain soon, we will be thankful for it. I am listening to our military jets overhead, we are usually in their flight path, and I love to hear them as they bank, turn, and maneuver in the skies. You know they are pulling some "G's," you can almost feel it along with them! While ago though, one jet did my favorite "thing," they do,...]]></description><link>https://www.southernfolkandfarmlife.com/post/a-rememberamble-for-tuesday-5-26-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a13a835d681fe01d1673c8a</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 15:38:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17600c_31cfad4956a04deb819d4815524cea53~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wade Peebles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FULL SERVICE! ]]></title><description><![CDATA[HE'S NO SAILOR! HE'S A PROUD GAS STATION ATTENDANT! Buying gasoline was an entirely different experience when you and I were young. Today, full service gas stations have about completely faded away. New Jersey and Oregon until recently did not allow customers to pump their own gas. There are a smattering of diehard gas station owners here and there, but they are dinosaurs now, like Sinclair Oil's Dino mascot. Why a dinosaur as a symbol for a petroleum company? Because of the old saw that says...]]></description><link>https://www.southernfolkandfarmlife.com/post/full-service</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a12beb1a2438924d110ca4b</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 10:20:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17600c_f20704956ea24cf381dd8ca543fa399a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_252,h_200,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wade Peebles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A REMEMBERAMBLE FOR FRIDAY,  5/22/2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[HELLO FRIENDS! I hope this fine Friday feels full of fun, fellowship, fine food, and is not fraught with feelings of foreboding from any quarter. There we go, I like to toss out some Friday frivolity at first, before stalking and finding the serious stuff. I heard the term "yuppies," this week and only then realized how very long it has been since it was in common usage. Some words are high fashion items, and go out of style quickly, even as other, run-of-the-mill words soldier on ad...]]></description><link>https://www.southernfolkandfarmlife.com/post/a-rememberamble-for-friday-5-22-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0f97842b5c18841b9475e4</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 04:14:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17600c_639d90f8660742ecbd3c2f4969bfa427~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_410,h_540,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wade Peebles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello you all! I reckon from me you expect a nice, country sounding, "hello y'all!" I am more than happy to deliver it. "Hey y'all, how's ya mommer'nem?" My mommer'nem? Fine I reckon, I ain't heard any complaints from them in years! Some of y'all will not think it funny to make light of my dear "mither," et al, having passed on. It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it. Lighten up, its okay, I am sure she is shaking her head and saying, "Wade hush that mess," like she did so many times...]]></description><link>https://www.southernfolkandfarmlife.com/post/thursday-may-21-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0e4a879209fbd4f4f2f905</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 08:56:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17600c_eba79894a6d946be93b0b1b06c7b68bf~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wade Peebles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I WAS A HOT MESS INDEED, THAT DAY!]]></title><description><![CDATA[IT WAS TEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK New Beginnings in Christ began holding our annual "Bikefest" fundraising event with motorcycle ride, and day event complete with my special, delicious grilled chicken (remind me to give y'all the recipe, this year's Bikefest was held yesterday, and others do the cooking now). I cooked the chicken for the first one, and the next five, year after year, ending with the one in May of 2016. It was just weeks after I founded this group here on Facebook. As usual, I...]]></description><link>https://www.southernfolkandfarmlife.com/post/i-was-a-hot-mess-indeed-that-day</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fe863857c1b4d987685740</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 05:42:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17600c_ad29214a326a42db9545f47f67bff0ae~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_750,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wade Peebles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE ATLANTA AQUARIUM? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[ADMISSION IS FREE Do you recall the smoking area of Atlanta's Airport? It was nicknamed the "aquarium," and it was fun to gawk at.]]></description><link>https://www.southernfolkandfarmlife.com/post/the-atlanta-aquarium</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fb7e445caf4ed272c03229</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 17:50:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17600c_5c699c862fb9479fbde8c8c81723f33d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wade Peebles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Copy of IT IS A BIT ODD]]></title><description><![CDATA[You know Superman and Clark Kent were never seen in the same place together, and I recently added Yassir Arafat and Willie Nelson to that list. How about lil Miss Sunbeam and the Coppertone Girl?  These are the profound thoughts that dominate my mind. Huhuhuhuh...]]></description><link>https://www.southernfolkandfarmlife.com/post/copy-of-it-is-a-bit-odd</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fb5a386d919e5ce8730127</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 15:12:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17600c_d9d3687882bb43bba20cff6fa564101a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_259,h_194,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wade Peebles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[IT IS A BIT ODD]]></title><description><![CDATA[You know Superman and Clark Kent were never seen in the same place together, and I recently added Yassir Arafat and Willie Nelson to that list. How about lil Miss Sunbeam and the Coppertone Girl?  These are the profound thoughts that dominate my mind. Huhuhuhuh...]]></description><link>https://www.southernfolkandfarmlife.com/post/it-is-a-bit-odd</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fb57b08a769b9e6e005616</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 15:03:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17600c_d9d3687882bb43bba20cff6fa564101a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_259,h_194,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wade Peebles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FRANKENBREAD!!]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's alive, it's ALIVE!! Have you noticed that bread is immortal now? It doesn't go stale, ever! I had a loaf that was months old, and was still fresh, so I was getting somewhat afraid of the bread that never went bad, so I pulled a "Lizzy Borden," upon it with my trusty cub scout ax, dug a hole and buried it. Three days later, I saw that the hole was empty, and the bread was back on my kitchen counter, and it was completely healed! I have no idea what they do to it to make it live forever,...]]></description><link>https://www.southernfolkandfarmlife.com/post/frankenbread</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fb50587c961ad0b9006eb6</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 14:50:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17600c_561965d4dda243d9b903badac2d9df99~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_823,h_823,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wade Peebles</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>