I'd never heard of this job before, but while on vacation in Panama City Beach, Florida, a few weeks ago, I came across an article in the Feb. 8th News Herald about a woman named Dawn King, 52, living in rural Citrus County who takes Spanish moss and turns it into yarn and then weaves it into blankets, which she says Confederate soldiers used during the Civil War. She continues that in the old days, it was used to stuff mattresses, pillows and furniture as well as insulation.
At one time, there were dozens of moss weavers in Florida, but that is now down to just herself.
And I Thought It Just Hung Off Trees and Looked Scary. --Cooter
Being an account of some things I'm interested in, what I'm doing, and reflections on my past, especially music.
Listen to this man. Seven years of college, you know. Trying to reason with 2020 and, now, 2022.
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