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Praying in Tongues

Photo by Don Dudenbostel (c) 2010

Don Dudenbostel shot this portrait of Rev. Jimmy Morrow, a serpent-handling preacher. The photo is part of Dudenbostel and  Tom Jester’s Vanishing Appalachia exhibit at the East Tennessee Historical Society. Tom and Don gave me permission to run a few photos and audio clips from the exhibit.

Here’s an audio file that Jester recorded of Jimmy Morrow’s congregation praying in tongues:

Prayer in Tongues, wav audio file, 8.3mb

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A strange package from Montana


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Originally uploaded by Suffering the Benz

When a package arrived from Montana recently, I was leery. Very leery.

I shook it. Nothing rattled. Nothing ticked. But there was a certain distinctive swooshing.

Turns out it contained a copy of Montana magazine with an article about Circle Square and its erudite proprietor, John Baker. And four cans of Cold Smoke Scotch Ale, which I fell in love with during my trip to Missoula last summer.

I was going to save and savor my Cold Smokes one by one since it’s a strong ale (about 7% alcohol), but no such luck. I sucked down all four of them, and a few Genesee Cream Ales I had in my beer fridge.

After I got done beating the dogs, I put Lara out in the back yard and went for a ride in the truck … throwing empty Cold Smoke cans out the window as I drove.