From The Soap Kettle

Big PaPaw’s Smoky Barn daily shower soap bar on a wooden draining dish after 43 days of use.

How to Make Your Handmade Soap Last Longer

A good bar of handmade soap deserves better than sitting in a puddle until it turns into a soggy little pancake.If you’ve ever wondered how to make handmade soap last...

How to Make Your Handmade Soap Last Longer

A good bar of handmade soap deserves better than sitting in a puddle until it turns into a soggy little pancake.If you’ve ever wondered how to make handmade soap last...

Big PaPaw Smoky Barn tallow soap on a wooden fence rail in front of a barn.

Tallow Soap vs. Tallow Balm: What’s the Differe...

Soap is for washing. Balm is for moisturizing. Big PaPaw explains the difference between tallow soap and tallow skin balm, along with the local story behind our grass-fed tallow.

Tallow Soap vs. Tallow Balm: What’s the Differe...

Soap is for washing. Balm is for moisturizing. Big PaPaw explains the difference between tallow soap and tallow skin balm, along with the local story behind our grass-fed tallow.

Evel Knievel She's Not.....Even If She Thinks She Is!

Evel Knievel She's Not.....Even If She Thinks S...

Her name is Kathi, she is my sister, my "older" sister. I have already introduced her to y'all, she is four years older than me and I was told when...

Evel Knievel She's Not.....Even If She Thinks S...

Her name is Kathi, she is my sister, my "older" sister. I have already introduced her to y'all, she is four years older than me and I was told when...

Driver Education… Country Style

Driver Education… Country Style

The story of how a 4-year-old boy taught himself to drive the Farmall Cub tractor, graduated to a Ford diesel at hay time, drove a '69 Chevy at 9, and...

Driver Education… Country Style

The story of how a 4-year-old boy taught himself to drive the Farmall Cub tractor, graduated to a Ford diesel at hay time, drove a '69 Chevy at 9, and...

Look Up in the Sky — It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's… My Uncle Buddy?

Look Up in the Sky — It's a Bird, It's a Plane,...

Uncle Buddy built a Ferris wheel, a swimming hole, a cloth airplane pulled by a GTO, and a gyrocopter — then got his pilot's license and bought a Cessna. Just...

Look Up in the Sky — It's a Bird, It's a Plane,...

Uncle Buddy built a Ferris wheel, a swimming hole, a cloth airplane pulled by a GTO, and a gyrocopter — then got his pilot's license and bought a Cessna. Just...

The First Day.....Of The Rest Of My Life

The First Day.....Of The Rest Of My Life

There I was, walking my mom to the school bus — yes, you heard right, I was walking her to the bus. You see, I was her "baby." Me, the...

The First Day.....Of The Rest Of My Life

There I was, walking my mom to the school bus — yes, you heard right, I was walking her to the bus. You see, I was her "baby." Me, the...