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My Favorite Grape
I’ve always liked grapes. I loved to look for them in the cans of fruit cocktail Granny fed us when…
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Corie’s Carrot Salad
Corie taught me to make the best carrot salad. It’s quick, easy, and so good I can’t get…
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In Heaven, It Won’t Be this Way
Today’s post was written by Paul. The song I’m sharing today is the last song that I sung…
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More Maypops Than Ever
Wild apricot noun A tall vine (Passiflora incarnata) having large, flesh-colored flowers and smooth, yellow fruit. Same as…
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Fighting Blackberries & Fighting Grass
The overgrown area on the left of the photo is mixture of weeds, dead bean vines, thriving morning…
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A Late Watermelon
The flowerbed outside the kitchen window needs a good cleaning out. There’s an aggravating weed in it that…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 198
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words…
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Simple Pictures
I’m still pecking away at going through Granny’s house. I knew she was a packrat, but we’ve all…
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A Taste of Fall – Candy Roaster Cookies
A candy roaster is a type of squash once grown widely in Appalachia that is making a sort…
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If I Had My Life To Live Over
Today’s post was written by Paul. I was surprised that I couldn’t find any trace of today’s song…
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Crickets Bring Fall of the Year
“The crickets felt it was their duty to warn everybody that summertime cannot last forever.” —E. B. White,…
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30 Year Old Children
Tipper holding Corie, Katie in high chair How in the world did I get old enough to have…
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Nasturtiums Get Second Wind
My nasturtiums are getting their second wind. The plants are flowing over the walkways in the backyard and…
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ABOUT TIPPER
There are tons of things I could tell you about myself, but all you really need to know is I’m crazy in love with my home in Appalachia-the people, the food, the music, the colorful language, the sustainable lifestyle, the history, the soaring mountains, and the deep dark hollers. I hope you’ll join me as I do my best to celebrate and preserve Appalachia.