Appalachia How it used to be

[@kentuckypride3802]

A lot of people look back at history and see families as poor. But, the families never knew that they were poor. Back then people had respect for family and friends. You helped your neighbors and family. You respected and relied on friends and family. They might of not had money. But they definitely wasn’t poor. I wished that today people cared about each other like they did way back then. Thanks Donnie

[@donnielaws7020]

Amen my friend. Thanks so much for sharing this. God bless you. Your very welcome.

[@PaRoughandTumble]

So True!

[@jameslipke354]

I have never considered myself to be poor and that has everything to do with the way I was raised and I would not trade that for the world. Money is a means to an end and couldn't possibly pay for what my folks, grandparents, elders and kinfolk taught me. I'll be 58 years old next week and though financially by societies standards my husband and I would be labeled middle class, it's wrong. He grew up on a farm and my folks were blue collar, work ethic is something that was ingrained in both of us when we were little. I ate a lot of pinto beans, fried potaotoes with onions, greens cooked with bacon or a hamhock and cornbread and it is still one of my favorite meals. I like a good old mashed pinto bean sammich too. 😉 Because of how I was raised, who I am and where I come from, I'm one of the richest people on God's green Earth. I'm grateful for that every single day.❤ ~ APRIL LIPKE

[@jamesspears5127]

Wet❤ I'll​@@donnielaws7020

[@claudedalton8970]

@@jameslipke354 WE STILL EAT A LOT PINTOES, CORNBREAD, AND FRIED POTATOS, ONIONS ETC! IT'S BETTER TO US THAN MOST FOODS WE CAN HAVE. LOL!

[@jillakison3638]

I't's always good to start the morning with a Donnie Laws appalachian video. Have a blessed day. ❤

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thank you so much.

[@rhonda.gross57]

I agree! I go back to many childhood memories. We had a milk cow, , chickens, garden, all that. We had tractors, but Mama used a wringer washer outside and made out clothes. I miss those days.

[@REX-INRI-JESUS]

​@donnielaws7020 I hope you're healing well and feeling much better, Mr. Laws.

[@oldschool8292]

Absolutely🤗

[@Growmap]

@@donnielaws7020 Did they grow sweet corn or something like yellow dent corn?

[@karentrimmer]

I remember when neighbors in rural Washington would all get together and bring their equipment to harvest one farm (lots of hay). The women cooked breakfast, lunch and dinner for all, and the kids ran cold water out to the men in the field. After a day or two, they moved on to the next neighbor's farm.

[@eunicestone6532]

I was raised in Western WV as a child. Crum,WV, in the 1958-1977. Then I moved away.

[@TennValleyGal]

For all the hard work required for cooking on a old wood stove, we were blessed the best biscuits, cornbread and beans the world could offer. Glad you're back on your feet, Donnie. Blessings of the day to 'ya.

[@donnielaws7020]

Amen my friend. Thanks so much for sharing this. God bless you. Thanks so much.

[@JerryCollins101]

Nothing like a pot of pinto beans that have been sitting on a wood stove for two or three days. Talk about bean soup and corn bread! Now I have done it, made myself hungry. :)

[@randyspencer5937]

I remember my grandma fixing beans biscuits on a potbelly stove sometimes the pipes would be cherry red

[@jerrybrooks870]

I still cook on an old wood cookstove that is 99 years old.

[@matthewellis2673]

We have one in the family too

[@tandraallen8398]

Growing up we had chickens, a big ol garden and we made our own butter and cottage cheese. The smoke house was full and we never went hungry. I loved working the garden then later sitting on the porch breaking beans and shelling peas. Mom would can everything. Good times. I sure miss my elders. The history and knowledge they shared is a rare gift immeasurable immeasurable immeasurable

[@agneslong2323]

I still had both my grandmothers when I was 55 years old. One has been gone 10 years and the other 7 years. I miss them so much that some days I physically hurt.

[@connieparker8896]

Amen

[@amybartley4592]

So good to see you back! Pray you continue to heal! God bless you!!

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend. God bless you.

[@KOOLBadger]

You can even hear it in his voice! Stepping up!❤

[@timberslasher4899]

Most people don't know that horses sweat, but I have heard people round here in NC mountains talk about logging horses so hard that they had steady streams of sweat running off them like a faucet. And you had to be careful or you would "break their wind" and then they weren't able to work anymore.

[@donnielaws7020]

WOW Thanks for sharing this my friend. That's so true. They are not machines.

[@denveradams4909]

When my father was drafted into the Army during WWII, the family lived in a rural part of West Virginia. He had to report for duty at the county seat and there was a big snow on. The cars of the day couldn't make it through, so he had to come to town by a wooden sled and a team of horses. Hardship was just taken in stride. All of the entertainment devices of today, were not needed back then. Most of the time was spent, just surviving. Very little time for entertainment or recreation. Yes, as a child, I have eaten a lot of squirrel, rabbit, deer and even groundhog now and then. It was a lot of work, feeding our large family of 13. We raised chickens and hogs and very large gardens. We always canned anything and everything, including squirrel meat. At one time, we even had our own grist mill to grind corn. We would power that mill with an old, single-cylinder flywheel engine, fueled by natural gas from one of the many oil/gas wells on the farm.

[@agneslong2323]

We didn't eat groundhogs, but we knew people who did. We lived in town but Dad would conduct rodent control for a few farmers for 50 cents a piece. Then, he would come back to town, pick us up, park on the street, we lined them up on the deck lid of the '54 Ford and he would blow the horn. Interested parties would race to the vehicle for first choice. Dad made a little money, people got free food and we got to see some of our friends outside of school. A good time was had by all.

[@lindamcgee3651]

God bless our farmers, truck drivers, police, firefighters, and all that continue today to provide us with our needs. So many people don't realize the gifts from God. Thank you for another inspiring video. God bless you and your family. 🌾🐄🪵🪓🚒 🚑🚛🚜 Praying and Blessed! 🤗🙏💕

[@donnielaws7020]

Amen my friend. Thanks for sharing this.

[@bettyfeliciano7322]

I just love these videos! Thanks for sharing & teaching us. Even though I’m 73 & was raised on a farm, there’s a lot of these things I never ever knew. Blessings always my dear friend! Please continue to let you body heal! ❤️😊✝️

[@453421abcdefg12345]

This should be compulsory view for schools! The young now have no idea where their food comes from, and care even less, problem is they have the idea that they are more intelligent that people back then, I well remember walking down the garden to the hen coop to collect eggs, with me was a young visitor, very well educated of about 12 years old, she looked at me puzzled when I got 4 eggs from the nest box, "Why do you keep your eggs in this shed ?" she asked, I had no word to explain such a basic fact. Stay sane! Chris B.

[@donnielaws7020]

WOW Thanks for sharing this my friend. It's the times my friend. God bless you.

[@cecilyerker]

You have to TEACH THEM. Not be speechless because they don’t know what they haven’t been taught.

[@453421abcdefg12345]

@@cecilyerker Yes that would appear to be the way forward, but what we must understand is that they are mostly,(not all) dedicated to not learning, having spent 25 years trying to get some sense into students I came to the conclusion that they actively resist learning even the most basics in life, things that we found out for ourselves, it is easy to look from the outside and say" these teachers do not teach the students anything", but most students faced with the prospect of working 45 years to get anywhere, look at the hoards of immigrants pouring in being looked after without even being able to speak the language and conclude, quite logically, why should I bother, I can see their point, but they will never achieve a happy and fulfilled life. Stay sane! Chris B.

[@robinallen7743]

I remember when I was young using the outhouse standing by the potbelly stove to stay warm and I think we were better off with simple days more love and being together thank you for everything you bring to us it makes us remember those times

[@453421abcdefg12345]

@@robinallen7743 Of course there are components of our modern life which are better, like medical procedures, but I think we have lost the way due to constant media bleating's and TV programme offerings, these tend to make people want things they never thought about back then, and therefore dissatisfied with their lot, this mainly applies to town people, out in the bush there is always something that needs doing. Chris B.

[@louparry7721]

Very nice presentation of how applatia used to be.The people were so into family and church . Hard working and God fearing. Thanks Donnie for the work you put into this video. Your friend, Louise

[@earlwaugh9154]

Most of us don't know how good we have it nowadays , thanks for sharing God bless you sir

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome my friend.

[@johnkelley6278]

When I was a kid my grandma would make us treats like mince meat pie, monkey bread and paw paw jam , how many people in todays USA have eaten or even heard of these treats. Maybe 1% . Love your videos, Thank You!

[@KOOLBadger]

I dont know what they are but I would love to know..❤😊

[@sandysmith8567]

Mom would always make old-fashioned mincemeat when we processed beef. So good!

[@trapped7534]

I still make monkey bread every once in a while. Lol for the one that didn’t know what it is it is you can either use a dinner roll dough or you can use biscuit dough and just offhand put cinnamon and sugar together sometimes brown sugar sometimes pecans if you have them and disperse them all throughout the pieces of bread, usually it was done in an iron skillet but sometimes in an “angel food” cake pan, if you had one. Paw Paws were a fruit grown on a tree. There used to be lots of pawpaw trees around. I haven’t seen one in probably 35 years.

[@KOOLBadger]

@@trapped7534 oh wonderful. So money bread is home made cinnimon bread! Put raisins in too!😎

[@farrislaura]

Heard and have had the first one. But not the last two. Thanks for sharing. We learn something new everyday.

[@canastasiou68]

I grew up in the city, but my grandparents, grew up the old ways. I wish I had grew up the same way as them. God bless,peace and love from Australia

[@edieparastatides9403]

Donnie, this video is fantastic! The subject matter, the photography, the narration, the editing, the finished product. Your work is a joy to watch!

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thank you.

[@hillbillytalker8858]

Great video Mr. Donnie! The younger generations have no clue! This may be coming back sooner than we think! Thanks for sharing!

[@donnielaws7020]

Thanks for sharing this my friend. God bless you. Your very welcome.

[@mamasgonecreating1967]

What a great tribute to our fore fathers Donnie. Thank you.

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome my friend. Thank you.

[@OpalAllen-j8r]

Not so much forefathers. I'm very old and my memories are20-20.

[@barbaralong3693]

Donnie, you brought back so many memories for me! When we would go down to VA to visit family, we'd go to my great-uncle Charlie's house. I remember helping my great-aunt Sally churn butter. Also remember when my Aunt Gladys and Uncle James got indoor plumbing and she had a pump by her kitchen sink! They got a bathtub and toilet too! They had a huge garden and canned all the vegetables. They raised hogs and cattle somewhere off the property. Even after I was grown and married with children, we would go to visit and my adult kids remember how much better all the food tasted. That's why I love your videos! So many blessed memories! Blessings to you and your loved ones.

[@markmmcaulay]

Coffee with Ol' Donnie no better way to start the day. I lost my little job this week (prayers for new one greatly appreciated) and all I could think of when I got up was its "Donnie time"! Thanks for your videos!

[@lauramitchell9231]

❤ love your stories of the past

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend. God bless you.

[@pearliesaddler9638]

Good 🌄 friend, What a blessing to be able to fellowship today! Keep those cameras going!🙏👋

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks so much. God bless you.

[@edwardh1591]

I am always amazed when people say that the food comes from the grocery store. I farmed for many years. I enjoyed your video. Brought back a lot of memories when I was a kid.

[@bradley-eblesisor]

I'm just commenting for the algorithm because you already know that we're all prayin for you and yours! Sir you're as real as real can be, and that fact shines through everything I watch of yours! God bless!!!

[@donnielaws7020]

WOW Thanks for sharing this my friend. God bless you. Thank you.

[@flutterby5061]

Thank you for sharing the old ways Donnie. Have a blessed weekend ❤

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome my friend. Thank you.

[@MelFirestone]

Continued prayers for you my friend. God bless you. Thank you so much for this Mr. Donnie. It brought back so many memories of listening to my great grandpa's stories. Can't wait to show this to my 5 year old grandson. He's going to love it since you included kids helping out, he's a good helper too😊

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend. God bless you.

[@marykaystreasures]

Thanks for sharing Mr Donnie I have seen allot of the old way's My Grandma would tell me how they made the lye soap and how they washed the clothes boiled the water in the iron kettles to wash the laundry she was a hard working woman oh hI miss her ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🇺🇸🗝️

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome my friend.

[@nadiac6042]

The love these beautiful people had for each other is so humbling ♥️thank you for sharing my friend stay blessed 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@roberthand6436]

What a treat this is, cousin Donnie! Thank you so much for sharing! Brings back so many memories from my own past. Still holding you in prayer, dear cousin, and hoping you're still getting better with each passing day. Much love to all, and G-d bless!

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks so much for sharing this. God bless you.

[@dfuss2756]

This video is the best explanation I have ever seen. I am dating myself, but I remember some of these things. We were poor dairy farmers, so I did experience some of this daily life. Laundry, canning, smoke house, cooking 3 meals a day carrying water from the spring house, chickens cows, horses. I hated the smell of plucking chickens. But I still make my own butter, gardening and canning. My grandma and mom made sure we learned everything we needed to survive. Grandfather taught me to hunt and fish. He felt that even girls might need to know these things. Thank you for bringing to light how it was in the Appalachia old days.

[@agneslong2323]

A lot of the men in my family thought that work was divided by gender but the women didn't. The men went along with the women because they wanted to eat (my theory). As a result, the boys became decent cooks and the girls could fish and change tires.

[@debby891]

Good morning ☀️. I really enjoyed this and brought back so many memories. Yes, life was hard back then, had very little yet so much more. They made do, worked hard, morals, values and your word meant something. As I watch this throw away society, no clue what hard work is, technology has become their lives instead of family and neighbors I realize how blessed I was to have grown up when I did. Thank you Donnie for another wonderful video❤, sending you blessings from upstate New York. Debby

[@annawalker1750]

Some wonderful photos - great video thank youMr. Donnie ❤

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend. Your very welcome.

[@mikemanjo2458]

Mr. Donnie, you are absolutely the best filmmaker! This was so good. I heard my Dad talk about plowing with a mule when he was a little boy. So cool. Thank you so much and I hope you are feeling stronger every day! ❤🙏 from SC, Jane

[@SandyzSerious]

Best video ever. Donnie, how come you don't have a "thanks" on your channel?

[@tinacurtis1580]

I worked backer, as we call it, way back in the day here in Kentucky. To this day I say it was the hardest work I've ever done in my lifetime and I'm soon to be 64. I did a bit of the "warsh" board too but my most favorite was learning to cook on a wood burning stove. You're right Donnie, it's the best food ever! God bless.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks so much for sharing this. God bless you.

[@farrislaura]

Times were hard, but much simpler. We live in a world today where everything is technology. Shop has been taking out of schools, home economics in almost out of all schools, cursive writing and so many other essential classes. Fortunately, I grew up in a time before all those were taking away. I remember growing up cooking food on the wood stove. Not too long ago. That was the 70's. My mom did all the canning, made homemade jams and dried out the fruit while still working and raising a family. Those were the days. Not all kids are bad today. But a lot of them have no respect and seem ungrateful. This was excellent video Donnie!

[@donnielaws7020]

I understand that all to well my friend. School as surely changed. Taking prayer and pledge of allegiance out is the worse. God bless you. Thanks so much for sharing this. Your very welcome.

[@joanneganon7157]

Hey Donnie, it's amazing what the will to survive and thrive can motivate folks! Thanks for reminding us 🤔. I'm glad you're feeling up to posting again😊. JO JO IN VT 💞

[@donnielaws7020]

Amen my friend. Thanks for sharing this.

[@linaleblanc8288]

Thank you Mr. Donnie. I'm 29, and if it weren't for you, I'd never hear all the wonderful stories about this part of the country. And I love hearing what you have to say.😊❤

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend. Your very welcome.

[@barbraschmidt2216]

Thanks so much for the reminder of the awesome way our ancestors lived. So hard working and inventive. So strong in their faith.

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome my friend. God bless you.

[@charmynclariett25]

Hi Donnie Glad your recovery is going well Blessings to you and your family

[@donnielaws7020]

Hello my friend. God bless you.

[@dannymurphy8227]

Excellent story and video loved it

[@Nonniemaye]

Thank you, Donnie. Through your videos, I get to go back into time and visit with people and places of times gone by. God bless you, friend.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Your very welcome.

[@xjackiex24]

Good morning sir ☀️ have a wonderful day.. God bless. Thanks for the video.

[@donnielaws7020]

Good morning my friend. Thank you. Your very welcome.

[@rienvandenenden2454]

Thank you Donnie, well done!

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome my friend. Thank you.

[@John-uv7zp]

You no Donnie I’m glad I was taught these skills I can grow it distill it hunt it so when the ‘’SHTF‘’I’ll survive hopefully awesome video friend god bless ya 😇

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend for sharing this.

[@deadlyqueens]

It’s a beautiful place, one which I hope to see in the near future. You have inspired myself and my daughter

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks so much for sharing this.

[@JanOsborne-Sage]

Good morning Mr Donnie. And thank you for sharing another great video. Prayers are still going. You just keep on getting better now. God Bless you and your family.😘💋😍❤️☮️✨

[@donnielaws7020]

Good morning my friend. Thanks so much. Your very welcome.

[@themancalledx]

Nice to hear you again Donnie.

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend.

[@SANTA1956HM]

Great show buddy I love how it used to be

[@gabrielwatson7721]

It never ceases to amaze me at how these old structures from 200+ years ago are still standing! I've got a few on my road that date back to the early 1800's! They may be decrepit and falling in on some areas, but they still have their rock chimneys and foundations. I know of newer houses that blow right down in a heavy gail or leak. But our forefathers knew how to build good, strurdy barns and homesteads. Thank you, my good friend Donnie! God Bless You, Sir!✝️🙏✝️

[@rachelrichards2999]

good morning Donnie Sure flad you are ding better Been praying for you Thank your for the hard work 😀💓💗💗💗

[@donnielaws7020]

Good morning my friend. Thank you so much. Your very welcome.

[@KathysTube]

I really enjoyed this... I'm fortunate to remember my grandma making hand-churned butter from my uncle's cows...sooo much better than what is in the store! Thanks Donnie... have a wonderful weekend 👍💐

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing. Your very welcome.

[@DavidSayre-e4z]

Great video Mr. Donnie! It brought back memories of my childhood. I truly miss the old days where everyone knew their neighbors and helped one another out when anyone was down and out. Thanks for sharing this video!

[@dianewuchevich6208]

These people were full of true love. The way they had each other's back and helped each other. Perhaps the most tragic loss from the past is the knowledge of real and true love. Today people give up on each other, their family, their neighbors, too quickly because they think love is something it's not. Our American society has lost the love. God bless you and Mrs. Laws.

[@donnielaws7020]

Thanks so much my friend for sharing this. God bless you. Prayers for our country.

[@dianewuchevich6208]

@@donnielaws7020 ❤️

[@ebonyrenna]

This was wonderful. As someone who loves the Bible and loves history, I’m just so proud of the hardworking women and men who came before us. I hope to be such a person.

[@donnielaws7020]

Amen my friend. Thanks so much for sharing this. God bless you.

[@gregoryj.m.8985]

It is such a contrast between the old days and these times we are in now Donnie...theres nothing like food cooked or baked by a wood fired stove...and those old stoves designs are beautiful...these videos of historic preservation can kindle such sweet memories with some of us.. Thank you for the video Brother.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks so much for sharing this. God bless you. Your very welcome.

[@elizabeth10392]

I live in Melbourne, Australia. It's a big City. There is a special farm called The Collingwood Children's Farm not far from the City itself. It's there to show children who never or hardly ever get out of the City, where food comes from and how it's grown. The kids can milk a cow, feed a baby animal and learn a bit about the farming world. Also, as a child, I went to school with a lot of kids from a children's home. An orphanage you might say. Those kids didn't know that bread didn't come with the butter already on it. When they sat down to eat, the bread on the table was already buttered. They didn't see it done and had no idea where butter came from. They just thought the bread and butter came out of the packet. They had to be taught.

[@agneslong2323]

I grew up close to an 'orphanage' although we called it 'the home' because that was in the actual name. Entire families of kids lived there. The boys were known as good wrestlers in school. Because they lived together and participated in a lot of the same activities, they had sort of a crew that we called 'The Home Boys'. They called themselves that, too. (Urbanites can claim credit for that phrase but we were using it long ago.) We all learned things from one another. Some of them worked on farms during summer break---learning skills, making some money and friends and staying in shape. A large number of them still live here as contributing citizens.

[@misenplace8442]

I live in the Northern outer Melbourne burbs, it used to be considered the urban/country fringe. Over the last 3 yrs only, urban sprawl has overtaken this area, to a point where its difficult to tell where the city begins & ends. It's gotten to a point where we are considering moving even further out & try to outpace this growth. We can't truly head countryside as work is still required, just want a quieter existence on our "downtime".

[@elizabeth10392]

@@misenplace8442 I'm lucky to live in the outer east. 5 minutes drive to countryside side and the Yarra Ranges on the door step. Just a quiet suburb.

[@RockinRobinBird_RB]

Donnie my friend, I always look forward to your videos and you have become one of my favorite Appalachia storytellers. Much love❤ from New England, where the Appalachian chain reaches north

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome my friend. Thanks so much. God bless you.

[@kevinbarrett5001]

Morning Mr Donnie. Hope you getting long good. Thank you for another awesome video. I enjoy each and everyone of them. Just the simple life is always been good for me my friend. Nothing fancy!

[@donnielaws7020]

Good morning my friend. Thank you for sharing this. God bless you. Your very welcome.

[@ThomasThomas-wn3km]

Thank you for your look at the past. I enjoy remembering how our parents and grandparents worked so hard just to get by. We're the last generation to remember, first hand from people that lived those hard lives. Good memories. Thank you again for a look at the past. God bless you Donnie!

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome my friend. Thank you.

[@ScarletRebel96]

Morning to ya Donnie hope your doing well , God bless you friend 😊

[@donnielaws7020]

Good morning my friend. Thank you. God bless you.

[@dorisadkins2464]

Enjoyed your video Mr.Donnie.Hope you and your family have a wonderful weekend.

[@ShelbyBunten]

Wonderful video Donnie your a blessing ❤️ Shelby

[@Julie-ms9ss]

Morning ☀️ , Great to see another video from you. This was a good idea , and you’re right. We don’t realize how easy our life is compared to the original settlers. Thank you for sharing , as always. ❤

[@donnielaws7020]

Good morning my friend. Thanks for sharing this. God bless you. Your very welcome.

[@brendawoods554]

Really enjoyed the video,

[@NoraBear61]

❤ go Donnie no words really how good it is to hear you back. Have been watching your videos over cause most of them I can never get tired of. One of my favorite is the John McCally interview ❤

[@raymondbradley6788]

Thank you Donnie that was awesome👍👍👍 you take care and God bless🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome my friend. God bless you. Thanks so much.

[@Mountaincrazy]

You know, you tell a story of harsh living. Poor. Secluded. The part I don’t understand is why I feel that it was the best life. The main reason I am rebuilding the homestead. With no chance of seeing it to fruition. All I know is I’m doing something to help preserve this land. And ways of our forefathers. And the really confusing part is I’m a transplant. I’m not selling. I’m not clearing land and making a resort. It is just a love for this land. … maybe don’t make it sound so appealing to outsiders. 😂They don’t feel like me. Most of the locals don’t care much anymore as well. Most have sold off their family property. For a shiny new life. Wish me a safe journey if you would. Love the stories of this place and you tell them well. A lot has changed never to return. Thanks for the history lessons.❤️

[@donnielaws7020]

WOW Thanks for sharing this my friend. God bless you. Take care my friend.

[@WhiteTrashMotorsports]

Good luck with your plan. There is no feeling like the peace one feels in the woods at daybreak. The mountain I live on is part of me as much as I am part of it. As Appalachian people, we may not be the richest, but we are wealthy because of family and friends and the love we share. I am thankful that God allowed me to live in this land and not some cold soulless City.

[@lindahays8444]

Good morning sir. Pray you are healing . Thank you for the video. Enjoyed it .

[@sambarnard9628]

Well brother, I'm one of the few that gets to see the real parts of at least a section of our country & thankfully that portion is the Southeast. I love the backroads & frequently travel 'em. I TRY to "get lost." The 'road less taken' is where I wanna be. Donnie, another perfect video. God bless you, my good man.

[@johnpeddicord4932]

Enjoyed again, Donnie, Thanks for sharing the past, Bless weekend

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend. Your very welcome.

[@mrsrbridges1]

I remember a lot of these things at my grandparents house when I was a little girl. They were tenant farmers in NC. We took our baths in wash tubs. Their outhouse was in the cow pasture and I was scared of the cows. One time they came up around the outhouse when I was in there and I was yelling for someone to come get me. My favorite memory is sitting in the door of the tobacco barn while my granny worked. There was a wonderful breeze and the smell of the tobacco was wonderful.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks so much for sharing this. God bless you.

[@catherine59226]

Always enjoyable! ❤

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend.

[@pashkokalaj4682]

Love the videos brother, your efforts to make these are greatly appreciated

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend. Your very welcome.

[@rhonda.gross57]

Thank You for talking me back to childhood memories.

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome my friend.

[@ericwitt4586]

Happy memorial day and weekend Donnie I love my place up in the chattahoochee national forest on the Ga Tenn border it’s where I’m gonna live when I retire in just a couple of years buddy maybe we can get together and go Huntin or trout fishing thanks for all of the history lessons you have given us !!

[@donnielaws7020]

That's so awesome my friend. Thanks so much for sharing. God bless you.

[@juliuscaesar3346]

Great looking forward to watching this Donnie💚💚🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend.

[@mariabird5139]

Just love herring all your stories

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you so much.

[@tammyshean3868]

God bless ❤love the video,prayers for your continued healing. ❤

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend. God bless you.

[@neeceeboo777]

An amazing video Mr Donnie. Thank you for sharing this. Lord bless you my friend.

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend. Your very welcome.

[@Phillip-yy4fr]

Another great video Mr. Donnie. Watching this made me remember seeing and doing many of those same things while staying at my grandma's and grandpa's old farm during the summer. What i would give to be able to go back in time and do it again even for just one day. Thanks from Ringgold, Ga.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. God bless you.

[@daleweathers3552]

thank you so much----all should know how blessed we are in knowing how tough life was and how far we have come------we all are truely blessed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@donnielaws7020]

Amen my friend. Your very welcome.

[@kimnichols1458]

Good morning Donnie, Thanks for the look into how things were back in the day. I always enjoy the History of Our Great Country. I hope you have a wonderful day and God Bless You Friend.😊❤🙏🏻

[@donnielaws7020]

Good morning my. Thank you so much. Your very welcome.

[@waynedavenport3919]

Hello Donnie. I really appreciate these videos. Sure bring back memories.

[@donnielaws7020]

Hello my friend. Thanks so much.

[@markbrooks5278]

Boy, brings back a lot of Ol memories Donnie! I lived a lot of it in my time a growin up..thankyou for sharing

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks so much for sharing this. God bless you.

[@debroahisaacs2452]

So nice to see you back Mr Donnie. Thanx for bringing back to me the best and happiest part of my life so long ago. I watched Trail of Tears last night😢. What was done to my Cherokee ancestors was so horrible. Thanx for a beautiful video. ❤😊

[@trapped7534]

Oh Mr. Donnie. I could watch this and more like it all day long. Very much of it, I am familiar with because of my grandparents and parents.Many of the old ways I know about personally. We had an outhouse,we had a well and our well when I was first born was…… our house set up on a hill next to the road and you had to go down the hill across the road and up the other hill and that’s where our well was. We had to carry water that far. Made it real testy in the winter time lol all of us kids and dad would take water buckets over there and fill them up. Bring them across I don’t know how many times a day couple times a day I think especially if it was laundry day or bathtub day lol. Yes, we took baths in that wash tub also, and then, when mom cleaned it out with bleach, we made a place to dunk chickens in till you pluck their feathers. It was also a place of washing, cabbages and stuff to be canned. I have one right now just for stuff. Lol. I sure am glad that you’re able to make a few videos. So thankful that you’re healing. May God bless you and your family.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks so much for sharing your memories. God bless you.

[@donnaregenauer2757]

Hello from KY love you and your channel ❤️.Donnie another lesson in the past.Folks today don't know what hard work is. The food back then was so pure and good.We never wasted anything.Picking vegetables was back breaking but not as bad as hoeing.Pray every night for you.Keep on healing and filming.😊❤

[@donnielaws7020]

Hello my friend. Thanks so much for sharing this. God bless you. Your very welcome. Thank you.

[@brendanrapple5361]

Absolutely Superb Video Thank You. GOD BLESS YOU

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend. Your very welcome. God bless you.

[@gloriaclark3317]

I love your videos! They bring back so many wonderful memories! Thank you so much. It's great to see you are back on your feet and feeling better!

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you so much for sharing this my friend. God bless you.

[@shelliewerner5624]

Beautiful times...hard, but Beautiful all the same...thanks again Donnie...

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend for sharing this. Your very welcome.

[@tommyromans7893]

VERY GOOD! WE ENJOY THESE OLD STORIES AND PICTURES.

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you so much my friend.

[@Julie-bq6iz]

Thank you Donnie, I learn so much from your videos! Glad you are on the mend. Prayers for your speedy recovery. You and your channel are a treasure. Blessings! ❤

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you so much my friend. Your very welcome. God bless you.

[@larrysmith6499]

Hard life years ago. If we had to go back to these times, not many would survive. I'm thankful I grew up on a farm and learned this way of living.

[@WhispersFromTheDark]

Mornin' Donnie. It's good to see ya! Have a good weekend hun.

[@donnielaws7020]

Good morning my friend. God bless you.

[@CaroleLeamer735]

Thank you so much for sharing this Mr Donnie ❤What amazing times that would have been to live in❤ we all need to get back to it❤ God bless you sir ❤

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome my friend. God bless you.

[@ralfgroh2719]

Thanks for down-home atmosphere, peace and contentment that you offer us in your program!

[@MuttTheBuckeyeSlayer1977]

Beautiful. I didn’t understand all that back country till I got on 3 wheeler and rode back country for 2 hours and was in awe of everything I seen tucked away. Love the videos!!!

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thank you so much.

[@mrwilliams6626]

Always love the stories about home.Running late this morning, my Wi-Fi.Who is down Glad to have you back, brother. God bless.

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend for sharing this. God bless you.

[@beanstaters316]

This was such a wholesome video and a great reminder of the pioneers that helped build this country. Thank you so much for sharing, and welcome back. You have been missed.

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you so much my friend. Your very welcome. God bless you.