Herod Brim News Today

Every year or two my late grandfather Herod Brim would make a trip in his 1951 GMC pickup truck from the Brim Hollow all the way to Willette, Tenn., in

“It’s as plain as the nose on your face.” Have you ever heard that said? Over the course of my life I’ve heard all kinds of sayings or expressions. My grandfather Herod Brim had a favorite expression. Any time he wanted to emphasize a point, he would declare, “Dad blame, you know what?!” My old Woodbury buddy, the late Cecil Vinson, had a favorite. His was “Dad Jim Luck!” Our neighbor, the late Thomas Denton, used to holler out, “Shout a monkey!â€�...