From the category archives:
Here’s a video of the Earth Day mule plowing demonstration in the Folk School’s garden. Watch Buildings and Grounds Manager John Clarke plowing and singing the “Muleskinner Blues” and work study student Harrison Topp seems to catch on pretty quick, too. The 2 mules, Jim and Joe, owned by Danny Logan. Hal Hogsed, Muleskinner. Jim [...]
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Last Friday, Folk School students, staff, and community members excitedly gathered in the garden to witness something that probably hasn’t happened at the Folk School in the last 50 years. Brasstown neighbor, Danny Logan brought his mules to help do some ploughing. The mules, not accustomed to such hard work (or spectators with cameras) put [...]
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We got snow! On Monday the sun was shining bright in a clear blue sky, but by Friday the weather reports were in, and sure enough the flakes began to fall. It had been below-freezing for a couple of days, with night temperatures dipping down to nine degrees, so the snow stuck. As the sun began [...]
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There are treasures in the Folk School archives that help us get perspective for understanding the days we live in. Anna Shearouse, who works in our archives, found this item. It is one of the “Monday Morning Messages” of William H. Danforth, who founded the Purina company. He wrote these to his employees for forty [...]
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Here at the Folk School, we aim to find joy in every aspect of life. We take pleasure in carving a life-like squirrel, playing a banjo, and knitting a sweater from homespun wool. A week’s worth of hard work results in something we are proud to claim as a product of our own hands. While [...]
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