Selling Rocks in Appalachia - A Millennial's Dream
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- In this video Katie talks about making her dream of being a silversmith and a lapidary artist in the Mountains of Appalachia come true. I'm telling you the girl loves rocks! I used to joke that if you were looking for a Christmas present for her all you needed to do was go out to your driveway and shovel some gravel in a bag and she'd be tickled to death 😀
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I have my eye on the minimalist necklace
I just ordered one of the rings. Can't wait to get it
I’m looking at that beautiful stream and would like a fresh drink from it. Maybe one day. In the meantime, congratulations on teaching your girls the important things in life. Thank you for all you do for others.
This is FANTASTIC! ❤
I thoroughly enjoyed learning how Katie makes her cabachons. She is a natural born teacher. But most of all I loved hearing the love in her voice when she talks about the creek.
I don't know a darn thing about rocks, but it is always fun listening to someone talk about something they love.
Same. Especially as another creative Person
Katie, You are so awesome at finding your creek rocks and making them into such beautiful pieces for jewelry. I loved watching you and seeing how you shape each rock. Isn’t it satisfying doing a job that you love instead of dreading going to a job working for someone else! You are so creative and talented. Hugs from the southeast coast of Florida 😎🦩🌞🦩😎
You are what America is all about. An intelligent, well spoken and hard working woman. You are a blessing to everyone around you.
Good looking woman
You left out the best part A FEMININE WOMAN Femininity is beautiful and graceful When women are women its beautiful 🙏🏻✌🏻🇺🇸
Hard working is outdated pride. It's never led to happiness or fullfilment. It's been a killer in America always. Working hard fucks you up. It's not fun. Misery is not fun. It's a trance popularly lived by to keep you "in check". . . . It's robbed families of their loved ones for centuries. A joke we've all believed and known for way too long.
@@ragheadand420rollPeople come in all shapes and sizes, masculine or feminine or neither. And all are valid. I doubt you fall strictly into your gender's expectations..
Oh yes she does....She's all woman....unfortunately her type has become so rare in this modern Godless society as to be unrecognizable .....sad really@@willow95
As a geologist, myself, I applaud and support her endeavour! It's a fantastic earth science and certainly one of the most beautiful and diverse!
I could listen to her talk all day! She’s definitely inherited your story telling skill❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Facts
She does. Very cute family. Love this channel.
This beautiful young lady has her head on straight. It’s pretty easy to see she was raised by a loving, grounded and supportive family. 💯👍🏻
The nuclear family in action. The only way she could be wiser is if she does a bluegrass cover of WAP. Lol 😆
An underrated way of life
Well said. She’s a positive roll model for a great many young people!
@@marksconce4983 you have no idea how educated she is. Very creepy, my dude.
Always played in the creeks in southern Wisconsin but you always had to keep your eyes open for water moccasins as they would burrow into the muddy riverbanks and would literally come after you as we scampered out of the water
Kids who grew up playing in the woods and creeks had blessed childhoods. I have good memories of many days spent catching crawdads and looking for fossils. Enjoyed this video.
I grew up playing in the woods then river. I loved to swim. My daughter and niece spent summers playing in our streams for hours. Then they spent time keeping me busy with all the blackberries they picked.
“Back in my day we used to play with sticks and rocks” doesn’t sound so bad now ;-P
Life before internet and cell phone distractions!
The imagination is a wonderful toy!
It sure is! Thank you Teresa 😀
The sweetness, caring & intelligence that resonates from this young lady, warms my heart. Can only pray to God that my seven year old daughter, Scout, grows to be even half the positive influence as Katie here is. Thank yall for making content that raises the good vibes in life.
This is how me and my cousins grew up. If we wasn’t under my granny’s house we was off in the woods down by the creek. We would stay there for hours. I’ve always loved rocks but didn’t really know much about the. I still collect gemstones and am always looking for good stones.
Me too!
Lovely girl. She is so articulate and well spoken. I admire her determination and enthusiasm. I know you must be so proud.
My ex bought me an uncut geode this past Christmas. I thought that was the coolest present. I cracked it open and it had all these really pretty quartz crystals inside. They weren’t colored quartz they were just the translucent ones. I told her that this was the best Christmas present that I have ever gotten.
"Go outside and wander into nature, the truth is there waiting for you"
~ some guy in a comment thread
Green earth, a wonder.
Seeing this makes me want to get up in the Attic and find my old Rock collection
Ive collected rocks since I was a child from the creek..what a joy, I have my mother-in-law's collection of rocks she's left this earth many years ago..I'm 74, and still collect.
wow thats amazing, your collection must rele be something
That is amazing I bet your collection was something special.
this girl is the most valuable gem in the whole county. Im glad she exists. thank you.
I love this video. Not only Katie's story but also how she turns creek rocks into a thing of beauty. Thank you for sharing !
Thank you so much!
I was just like her growing up in the mountains of NC. And still am, to some extent. I loved looking for interesting creek rocks.. The last time I went to the beach, I picked up a gallon of white sea rocks. After a rain, on bare ground, I catch myself looking for quartz rocks, and arrowheads. Loved doing stuff like that all my life. Just the way I'm made I guess.
Wow. A smart and well spoken young person who doesn’t expect to be handed everything.
I used to be a jeweler and cut my own stones as well. Slicing open a stone is at least half the fun, anticipating what’s inside never gets old.
Bless you all for this refuge on TH-cam.
GP
That is wonderful! I bet you and Katie could talk about a lot of things 😀 So glad you enjoy our videos!!
the finished product is beautiful but man, that machinery looks super dangerous. Katie clearly knows what she's doing though.
@@califtom The machinery isn't nearly as dangerous as it looks. The saws and laps are diamond abrasive and you'd have to work pretty hard to cut yourself on them. Mind you, they'll cut through a fingernail right quick so you do need a modicum of caution.
AckGeezer any good tips on where to find lapidary equipment like a faceting machine?
@@sirtango1 I’ve been out of it for many years now, but many of the suppliers are still out there. Prices for new equipment have climbed considerably. Just look up lapidary equipment online and keep scrolling. In addition to outfits like Rio Grande and Diamond Pacific, you might just try Craig’s List and eBay. Amazon also lists equipment.
Good hunting,
GP
My son cut his fiancees own engagement stone from a rock she found as a child and kept her whole life.
That to me is much more precious and valuable than some store bought diamond/gemstone that has a nefarious chain of sale.
Wonderful!
As long as she said yes lol I bet a girl could get royally ticked if the answer was going to be no! With all due respect that is a very nice sentimental gesture though.
That’s so awesome
I loved looking for arrowheads, scrapers, and all kinds of rocks - jasper, quartzite, calcite, agates, etc. It was "Free Fun" - that lasted for hours, days, and years. I still love being a rock hound!
me too!!! gone are those days before the internet!!
My hubby and I actually got emotional watching this video. We have two girls, Brontë and Kiersten, who are 24 and 23. Seeing Katie pursuing something so amazingly creative that connects to the land and her familial history is truly inspiring! I dont know if Katie is going to college, but it seems people push kids nowadays to go to colllege and dig moutains of debt, forgetting there are skills that are needed more than any degree and this particular skill is vastly important to keeping heritage and the old ways alive!!
Our eldest, Brontë. held off on college til she knew what she wanted to do, which is linguistics. Sis, our youngest, has Williams Syndrome and is extremely musically gifted. She LOVES listening to your family play and sing!! Anyhoo, this was just such a dear video and our family loved it so much!!
Good for you for not pushing her to go to college. Expecting kids who have never really been in the workforce to decide at 18 what they want to do for their whole lives, is a recipe for disappointment. I went back to school in my 30s to start a new career because my first degree was useless.
The pottery find is wonderful. I love the Indian tradition of grinding old pottery shards into powder to be rethrown into a new piece by a potter using local clay of course.
This video touched me in a lot of ways. I lived in the mountains, had a creek and collected rocks as a child. I would throw rocks against other rocks to break them to see what they were like inside. Nowadays I make jewelry. I have Appalachian roots. I do not have the accent, but hearing it is comforting.
Watching this young lady work and create in the latter part of the video was fantastic but, I really enjoyed listening to her talk for that 20 minutes or so about how she got interested in rocks, and she started making jewelry, and went to lapidary training and learned how to cut and polish rocks into gems, and how she realized she could start supplying other artists and businesses. She's smart! She speaks intelligently and I'm just really impressed by what she's doing. She turned something fun in her life, something she enjoyed from the time she was a kid, and she developed it into an art, and a way to make money! How cool is that?? I could sit and listen to her all day!
The 7-year-old, the crick and my grandad are still in me too. Beautiful video in every way.
Three good things to carry around with you 😀 Thanks for watching!
She’s so beautiful! God Bless my Appalachia neighbors!
i'm so happy for you Katie... I hope I'm not overstepping my bounds but I just wanted to say that I completely understand about being at peace at the creek and Katie I think that Pap knows and can see what you make with your rocks.
I LOVE AMERICA BECAUSE OF WOMEN LIKE YOU❤️ may there be more like you.
Wow, Katie! You certainly have a stunning talent. You've loved rocks since you were a very little girl and now just look at what you can do! I'm so proud of you !
My grandparents lived in SW Virginia and they had a creek running near their house. As kids, we played hour upon hour in the water, hunting rocks and crawl dads. Great memories.
Sounds a lot like my memories 😀 Thank you for watching!!
Every kid needs an old barn, a patch of woods, a few good creeks, and a bunch of animals to grow up with.
crawdeads
Same here. I grew up in in Scott / Washington county area. Did a lot of the same. Every living creature shuttered at the mere sound of us! 😂
@@sewfuntosew11 in West Virginia it’s definitely pronounced crawl dads
It's wonderful to see someone follow their interests and develop their God-given talents.
The synergy of applying our talents and interests to our values is the seed of purpose and purpose is the fruit of life, but the path to the Tree of life is obscured by the masks we wear seeking validation and or approval from others.
You are so intelligent, I admire your character and find you and your story very inspirational. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this video.
Kinda like ppl... Cracked on the outside and on the inside a beautiful crystal😳😁
She has the voice of an angel.
You such a sweet, creative girl. I would love to have an Appalachian piece of your art. I live in Northern KY but am trying to move to the mountains. ❤🌹🌞🌱😘🙏👣💙
Surprising to me that she doesn't knap or collect arrowheads or both.
Katie is quite the catch!
Great video sharing her story about how she became a lipidary artist!
I also like Katie's video on rocks. I have a love for river rock
Glad you enjoyed it!
I don’t know how this NY boy suddenly got hooked on Appalachian culture, but here we are. I’ve watched nearly a dozen videos now, they just make me happy.
Thank you John! So glad you enjoy our videos 😀
Brings back memories.
My uncle and his wife, polish stones for years.
A 44 gallon drum made into a tumbler.
He always came to my hometown as the rivers were good for this.
These days you can be fined for removing stones from any river or creek.
Growing up my father was called a “Rock hound”. Sometimes my sister and I would go with him “rock hunting”. He found some beautiful rocks & minerals. He polished some of them and made jewelry from some of them. We had a Rock & Mineral shop at the house where customers would come to buy. Dad is gone but I still love looking for rocks. 🙂 Your daughter has a real talent with making her jewelry. I looked at some of her work on the website provided. Beautiful pieces! Thank you for sharing ⛏
Kat your dad and Katie would have been fast friends 😀 Thank you for watching-and I'll tell Katie you thought her work was nice 😀
@@CelebratingAppalachia thank you 🌸
Omg! This is like watching a young me!😁
I'm now 76, and a retired jeweler!! But then again - once a jeweler, always a jeweler!
I just found a large mason jar, full of raw opal, I bought about 35 years ago for $300! Might be worth a small fortune by now!??🤷
I never cut them so I just bought diamond wheels to do the job!
Wow-that is wonderful! Good luck with the opal!
Awesome interview! Beautiful daughters you have!
How I grew up, it's the best childhood, I still love the woods and creeks. Glad you've had and still have it to enjoy.
We're glad to have it too! Thank you Judy 😀
This is a great look into a trade I really didn’t have a true appreciation of. Katie is a credit to her generation and her parents. Well done!
Never in my life would I have thought that I will be so much hooked on watching a film about rocks.
I'm so happy you've found a career that is enjoyable to you. They say if you love what you do you'll never work a day in your life. Good for you! Even better for you is your relationship with God, the Rock of our Salvation.
Very interesting to watch. So many steps! One of our twins collected rocks when she was young...when I would walk into her bedroom if there were any clothes on the floor I would often step in the rocks.😊 I took her to rock shows which we both enjoyed...she has a nice collection even though she is now 53 years old.😊
I really enjoyed listening to the young lady speak about her interests and craftwork! Lovely video!
You are very easy to listen to. You speak clearly and slow enough to absorb what you say. On top of that, your lovely inner spirit enhances your physical beauty. Your smile is captivating. Peace & Love 💕
Us kids played in the creek and woods when we were growing up ....loved the adventures and excitement of what we might find in the woods and creek...loved finding different kinds of rocks and salamanders and crawfish....fun times, great memories....thanks tipper ...God bless...❤
Started watching and could not quit . you play music and sing ! So much tallent
Thank you Jim 😀
This would be my son's dream job. He has collected rocks since he was a toddler. He leaves them in his pockets and we have to get his pants out of the washer when we hear it clanging. My lawnmower has found some that he's left in the yard. Years ago we built him a rock garden and he played in that thing for years. He would just sit and dig through rocks like he was hunting buried treasure. I've got rocks in the yard, in his bedroom, in drawers, in cabinets, in the floor, and he has rocks in his thoughts. I'm not letting him see this video because I will have to purchase a whole shop loaded with rock tools......lol 😆. Love the video's.
"..and our currency would be other rocks." 🤣 I'm in Love. I grew up playing in the creeks of East Tennessee. I'm still playing in creeks. ..and I balance rocks wherever I go. 😉😚
I ♥️ 🪨
Wonderful.
She is very passionate about her rocks 😊
This is funny because at the St. Patrick's Day fest in Ireland, WV, there were more rocks for sale than anything else.
Your enthusiasm and love for this rock collecting is like remembering our youth . My grandchildren love rocks too. I love all your stories!
That type of upbringing breeds creativity, so needed in today's world.
I loved playing in our creek too as a kid. Mom would pack us pb&j sandwiches into a bread bag with some apples and we’d be out there all day. Awesome memories. Thanks for sharing. Love from Michigan. 💕
My mother thought that I was starting a quarry in my room when I was growing up. I'm happy for you finding an outlet for your passion. Well done!
As an amateur rock collector I love this stuff. Reminds of the quote from the film the "Shawshenk Redemption"..."pressure and time". This a girl who grew up in God's backyard.
Just look at you being you!!! You’re a real gem yourself sweetheart!!! Keep up doing what you love with that Appalachian accent!!! Makin’ us all proud you are dear heart!!! Love and success to you missy!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥰🙋♀️♥️
I love finding rocks but the pieces of plate, glass is a treasure!
Wow, this is like a new take on the old Foxfire books.
Katie's creations are beautiful! She is quite the artist :) When I was young, I had a huge fossil and rock collection. I loved them! The "hunt" was the best part-and I even found a few arrowheads and pieces of fool's gold. My collection went the way of most childhood memories and was lost somewhere along the way. But I completely understand Katie's love of rocks!
I found a piece of petrified wood in the New River near Todd, NC years ago.
Wow! This young woman is a natural born teacher and storyteller. She’s also mastering her skill. Beautiful work!
I’m a rock hound also and my favorite to collect is Chalcedony, a form of quartz but harder than regular quartz. ( Mohs scale of mineral hardness ).
The Mohs scale of mineral hardness is a qualitative ordinal scale characterizing scratch resistance of various minerals through the ability of harder material to scratch softer material.Wikipedia ). Chalcedony is a microcrystalline form of quartz. The analogy you had of the tightness of wood ( petrified wood ) was a good one because petrified wood is usually a form of Chalcedony. Chalcedony is a silicate and can appear transparent or translucent, almost like glass and glass is a silicate, ( molten sand that solidified ). They may also be opaque. Many precious and semi-precious gemstones are silicate with the exception of Diamond which is a carbon based stone. Silicate definition, any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO2 or SiO4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust. I just love to find round or oval smooth transparent or translucent stones of Chalcedony and wire wrap them with gold or silver plated wire for pendants. Real gold and silver wire is just too expensive for me because I’m not a lapidary. I just do this for fun and to give as presents. My mother’s side had ties to the Smokies and I remember my mother and grandmother carried “ worry stones “, which were smooth, flat and usually round in shape, to rub between their fore-finger and thumb if they were worried or concerned about something serious. The more they were rubbed, the smoother they became, almost a velvety feel.
Agate is a common rock formation, consisting of chalcedony and quartz as its primary components, consisting of a wide variety of colors. Agates normally have “ water lines “ and may have red, blue, green, and yellow colors all in the same stone. This has to do with the type of minerals that are in the area you find them. Where you live, they are primarily the yellow to orange colors but red, brown and some blackish are also found. I’ve also noticed that they have a particular sound when smaller ones are handled or jingled together. Almost a “ ting “. I jokingly say it’s the “ sound of money “. ( I was a “ creek baby “ myself and still consider myself to be one, even at my age. I think this is just in my DNA ). By the way, you’ve already collected a few of these in your video today. I can’t wait to see how you cut them and what you do with them. 😉☺️🥰 #ROCKSRULE #SOPROUDOFYOU!
Please wear a mask or respirator when cutting rocks sweetheart because of a condition called silicosis. Symptoms of silicosis usually appear after many years of exposure. In early stages, symptoms are mild and include cough, sputum and progressive shortness of breath. As the scarring continues to worsen, the first real signs of a problem may be an abnormal chest X-ray and a slowly developing cough. Once the lung scarring has become more severe ...
this is not the "selling rocks" video i was expecting
My grandson and I would collect rocks bags of them, now he’s grown I still have bags of them and we still hunt for them, so proud that you, we did get a tumbler, and made pictures of them.. and framed them, congratulations I watch your things on Esty
There are many joys in life; The joy of making something with your own two hands is one of the great joys and matters greater than most.
Katie is a natural teacher and a natural beauty (thank your Mom). To me there is nothing like seeing someone enjoy what they love and share it. I can't say I understood everything you taught in this video but I can say that I really enjoyed it.
there is sapphires and rubies and emeralds in those mountains too, and gold. if you scoop up some pretty stones, use a harbor freight uv flashlight to fluoresce them, and they will glow inside.
Thank you
My Papaw always said the same but they used a carbide lamp (an old coal miners light) to "glow the rocks". Papaw had a ring made of a ruby he found as a boy...it was my grandmother's. Then my daddy gave it to MY mama when they got married. And it is now mine. I will pass it down to my eldest granddaughter. She and I are bothe born in July and our birthstones are rubies. So was my Mamaw's and my mama's as well.
@@SerendipitySoulFluidArt that's very cool. Regular light will reveal the star lines in star ruby, i wonder if carbide flames put off uv. They use the acetylene gas off of the carbide water reaction to make acetyene for filling welding tanks, and its a super hot flame when mixed with oxygen. Maybe its hot enough at low levels to make uv light?
@@gristlevonraben that would make sense! My papaw swore by them.
@@SerendipitySoulFluidArt i just did some research on acetylene, and was very surprised. It turns out that acetylene burns hotter with oxygen gas added, but in low or atmospheric oxygen, it burns brighter which can and does produce ultraviolet light.
How Katie describes her love of the area/rocks and then sending it out into the world made my heart smile. ❤️🙂
Show us your work your a angel God bless you and you all .I'm a old Vietnam vet grew up in Kentucky ,on our farm , I love rocks I love mountians .keep up good work God bless you all , God bless America
Great you very talented 👍.
We use to hunt crawdads in our creek! I nearly fainted when I became an adult and found out people actually ate those things !😲 😂
It's just a mini fresh water lobster.
@@davidmoran4471 😂😂😂😂👍
They're good. It just takes a lot of them.
My daughter used to do the same thing and catch frogs. She still doesn’t like people eating them.
You’re amazing! Your passion shines through every bit of your story! I’m only 1/2 way through but had to stop and comment. Congratulations on your perseverance. Here’s a story: My brother, sister and I were fortunate to have a grand-dad and dad who loved rock-hunting, and arrow-hunting, and tumbling. Now in our 60s, we all still love it. Dad’s gone now but when my mom moved house years ago she found a map dad made showing where in the foothills up north we could find large quartz crystals. My sister, my niece and I took a trip there, and sure enough-after hours of hunting and almost succumbing to heat stroke-we found them! What a thrill.
What a great story about the map 😀
Enjoyed so much. Lovely young lady. So articulate and interesting. Katie is very knowledgeable of her subject.
Wow, that was awesome. What a talent!
I truly enjoyed listening to your story. Reminds me of my childhood collecting rocks as well. I still have one I found when I was about 6 😊
Katie, please add some more jewelry creations from the natural rocks you find in the creek to your Etsy shop! Would love to see them!!!!!
So many great people in this country. Drain the swamp and replace them with more people like this. Great example of what we should all strive for. Hard working and intelligent. Down to earth and respectful to family and friends. Glad I found this, because I needed it.
Visited the etsy shop, beautiful intricate pieces at very fair prices. I have collected rocks all my life. Every vegetable garden I've ever worked has grown more pounds of rocks than produce. When I was a kid we piled them, loaded into the farm wagon and unloaded them on the spillways of our ponds to keep fish from washing out. Now I haul them to a ditch for washout control. Several people have accused me of collecting rocks. I've never had any notion of collecting rocks. Yet, some people say I have a "head full of rocks". Yall have a blessed day.
This was really interesting. I love your stories of childhood play time and how it shaped you😊. I pray for your continued success❣️❤️❣️
Just finished video what a beautiful story, sending a part of the creek out in to the world love that so much!
Beautiful and hard work. I work in a gravel pit and do aggregate testing and see so many pretty rocks. I love what you turn them jnto
I have been addicted to looking for rocks also like you, every since i found an arrowhead on our property, we live off the Guadelupe river in Texas, i look for Flint in the river all the time, flint is beautiful, but most of what i find has been worked on by native americans, i dont have the heart to mess with it lol, i have piles on my porch and around my house also, and im 51 lol its absolutely fun and exciting when i find anything close to an arrowhead.. i love your video
I have always loved rocks too! This was a fascinating video, and I am so impressed with Katie's work. Those rocks are beautiful and so useful. Thanks, Katie, for a great video.
Love this and love Katie. I'm getting something of hers but waiting for a nice creek rock pendant. :)
At my grandpa joseph lester jones old home place bear jonesborough,tn as a young boy I played in the creek down by the barn turning over big rocks trying to catch crawdad's! Man that was a such a simple childhood we had back in the 1979's and 1980's in northeastTennessee.
Sounds a lot like my childhood 😀 Thanks for watching!
@@CelebratingAppalachia we also took blocks of wood and would race them down the creek as if they were boats. Man those were much simpler times that many of today's children have missed out on doing because they set in doors playing video games.
I grew up in the SC mountains. I loved collecting rocks. I still have some of my rocks that I found as a young girl. Lord willing I'll be 54 in July. Enjoy y'all so much!💖
I would love to see more of this! Your work is just beautiful!
THIS was a very enlightening vlog and Katie I knew you were talking about lapidary but I’ve never had it explained so thoroughly and had visuals. Our neighbors father did lapidary and when he passed our neighbor inherited all his fathers equipment. I am going to share your moms vlog with him to watch your tutorial as I think he will truly enjoy it. We live on the Chippewa River here in Michigan and I love looking at all the stones and rocks when they are wet and a really nice one is saved and set in the house just because so I am in full appreciation for your “water” time. Did I mention I am going to be 63 in August and as you can see the younger generation can teach us new things too😀. Good luck with your craft and I hope Mom will share more vlogs like this in the future because I am always interested in what’s going on in the various cultures of our country. I love all the time taken to educate us on the Appalachian life so thanks for always enlightening and entertaining us with your vlogs...and just to let you know, I love the music when you vlog it as well!!!:):):)
Vicki-thank you! So glad you enjoy what we do!!
Such a wonderful caring young lady ❤
Grew up next to a river, loved it. Simpler times. And ya I have my own rock collection too.
Katie, you're a true artist! 🪨 > 💍
Thank you Ethel!!
You've learned the first lesson of being successful. Successful people have skinned knees. No longer a question of IF you'll be successful. The question is how successful. I always enjoy you folks videos. They remind me of my family growing up.
I feel just like Katie.. I have always loved rocks…!