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Down in a holler, at the base of a mountain, near the Warrior River, in the great state of Alabama, lie the remains of a moonshine still.  The still belonged to Garey’s father, J.D., now gone these past twenty-four years.  After a particularly hard crop year, J.D.

The harmonica was first invented in China a few thousand years ago, reportedly.  The instrument, called the “Sheng”, had bamboo reeds, and became a prominent instrument in Asian traditional music.  The Sheng was introduced in Europe in the late 18th century and soon became popular in the 19th cen

After watching an episode of the Andy Griffith Show where Aunt Bee bought an elixir from a street vendor and things sort of went down hill after that (alcohol), I remembered some of the elixirs from my growing up years.  There was (in no certain order): Geritol—“Contains as  much Vitamin A as a h