Category Archives: Life

Fly High. We’re Gonna Miss You Big Time Terry Martin

Posted on August 1, 2021 by tommystafford

Kind and gentle souls are hard to find these days. I was lucky enough to find one in Terry Martin more than a decade ago. I got to know Terry over the years when I was the emcee for the … Continue reading →

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Farm Standard Time (FST)

Posted on July 26, 2021 by tommystafford

We all know about DST. That’s where we advance our clocks one hour each spring of the year then fall back an hour in the fall to Standard Time. Ever since I was a kid growing up on the farm … Continue reading →

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The Mountains Miss You, And So Do I : Saying Goodbye To Steve Crandall

Posted on May 12, 2021 by tommystafford

Roseland Nelson County, Virginia By Tommy Stafford I’ve thought for months what I’d say when this day finally came. I really, really hoped I wouldn’t have to, but here we are. My friend Steve is gone. Mind you there are … Continue reading →

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The Friend I Never Got To Know

Posted on May 2, 2021 by tommystafford

I barely got to know Sam. In a matter of months we first met, became friends, and just like that he was gone. No, he didn’t die, but it almost felt a little bit like he did. For 7 years … Continue reading →

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I Knew This Day Would Eventually Come – Happy Trails Printed Blue Ridge Life Magazine

Posted on March 26, 2021 by tommystafford

Roseland Nelson County, Virginia By Tommy Stafford It’s amazing how fast 16 years can go by when you’re an adult, and you’re adulting. Not so much when you’re a kid and you’re waiting on the 16th birthday so you can … Continue reading →

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Processing Day

Posted on March 19, 2021 by tommystafford

Roseland Nelson County, Virginia The day the pigs leave the farm to go to the processor is always a tough one. Let’s just call it what it is. It’s the kill date. Processor just makes it sound nicer. I was … Continue reading →

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Godspeed My Friend & Fellow Pilot, Steve Shannon

Posted on February 24, 2021 by tommystafford

Dyer County, Tennessee I was sitting in my favorite Mexican restaurant here the mountains of Virginia when I got the message from a mutual friend Joe Markham down in Florida. “Steve Shannon died this morning.” Within a minute I had … Continue reading →

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I Think I Know How My Dad May Have Felt When Paul Harvey Died. And Why

Posted on February 20, 2021 by tommystafford

Northwestern Tennessee Growing up on the farm back in rural west Tennessee I always remember Paul Harvey being a mainstay on the AM radio in my dad’s old blue Chevy truck. He’d take me and my brother and sister to … Continue reading →

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See Ya Facebook!

Posted on January 9, 2021 by tommystafford

I’ve tried to breakup with Facebook so many times in the past I can’t even remember them all. Today I have. This website, texting, emails, phone calls, and of course most importantly in person, will become my primary format for … Continue reading →

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Dodging The Bullet. Lesson Learned.

Posted on December 1, 2020 by tommystafford

Albemarle / Nelson County, VA To say I dodged a bullet would be accurate. For several years I’ve needed to get a nagging hernia repaired. Essentially that’s a torn lower abdominal muscle. It wasn’t big, wasn’t really showing (only really … Continue reading →

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