First Fires is a compilation of short stories and poems reminiscing of a time long passed. Mr. Keith Holloway has been sharing his writing on Facebook, as a columnist for several local newspapers, and in the form of video over social media posts over the years. This book is the first in a series of publications that are all about better days or “good ole days” as those in his hometown in Tennessee might call them. His parents moved from Alabama, where they were sharecropping, to Tennessee after boll weevils had gotten their last cotton crop. They were struggling, , “salt-of-the-earth” people who had little education, but were no strangers to hard work. Keith has been handed down many of these stories or overheard conversations his parents had with other “simple, country folk” like themselves. Many of the saying and phrases he heard stuck with him. He rarely hears those insightful, wise, and sensible phrases anymore as most of that generation is almost gone. That is why he reflects, writes, and shares often of the heart-warming memories he carries from a much different time.