A Free State of Being

[starzrider]

     I don't know why, at 2:00 am in the dead cold of an Alabama winter, I am sitting here thinking of Aunt Agnes and her '53 green Ford pick-up truck and our warm spring and summer evening trips to Winston County to buy moonshine when I was around twelve or thirteen years old. When Alabama seceded from the Union before the Civil War, Winston

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[starzrider]

"Moonshine" is very strong, clear alcohol, usually cooked and then distilled from corn and other ingredients, using pots and copper tubing. These were called "stills". Alcohol was illegal in Winston and Walker counties so "busting stills" was what the state and county revenue agents did, and what her son, David Arnold, did for a while. He is another story unto himself. She was remarkable indeed.

[starzrider]

PS--The men often cooked the mash at night, so as not to be seen; hence the name, "moonshine".
*hugs*

[stepsolightly]

You have so many amazing tales, fit for a book. :) Never stop telling them, and maybe one day you'll have one! Really!

[starzrider]

Aw, thank you. I had some pretty amazing relatives.

[bastet11191967]

Your aunt sounds like an interesting lady. You have quite a knack for stories.

[starzrider]

Thank you, Bastet. She really was most unique, very much one of a kind.

[crows_nest_10]

Ahhhhhhh!!!! You are speaking my language now!!!! HEE HEE!!! Alabamie and MOONSHINE!!! Gosh... talk about taking a step back in time... Good one! Thanks! I needed that SMILE this morning! Have a good one!

[starzrider]

You too, crows_nest! Was my pleasure!