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Francis Cook – Granny Bell’s Son Part Two
Anna Belle Cook 1905-1992 Today’s post contains the second part of Taylor’s interview with Francis Cook who is Anna Belle’s…
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Francis Cook – Granny Bell’s Son Part 1
Francis and his mother Anna Belle Cook The interview I’m sharing today is the first part of one…
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Ralph Myers Remembers Granny Bell
Ralph Myers photo courtesy of Jessica Ritz Poltrock Ralph Myers was born in Akron, Ohio in 1925 and…
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Aud & Becky Brown Remembering Granny Bell
Aud and Becky Brown Aud Brown was born in Clay County, North Carolina in 1950. His parents were…
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Fred Lunsford Remembers Granny Bell
Fred Lunsford photo courtesy of BaptistPress Reverend Fred Lunsford was born on March 7th, 1925 in Marble, North…
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Cornbread & Storytelling
Cornbread is the quintessential bread of Appalachia. Although batter recipes vary, the key to making traditional cornbread is…
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The Blind Pig Boogie
Today’s post was written by Paul. Several weeks back, I uploaded a video from the year 2000 of…
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The Time For Putting Up
put up verb phrase To put away, store.1969 DARE FW Addit (KY) = to store, put away, or put in storage as…
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Some Things Are Meant To Keep
Now my grandfather also had an English bulldog named Buddy. Buddy was his constant companion in the way…
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Celebrating Appalachia Turned 6
Our YouTube channel Celebrating Appalachia turned six in the month of July. We’ve learned a lot during that…
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56 Years Ago Today
Granny and Tipper August 1970 I’m 56 years young today. It’s the first birthday I’ve ever spent without…
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Dark Cornfields
In ag class about 1959 one of my classmates made the statement, “If you want to walk through…
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Flower Butter
I’ve eaten butter mixed with honey, syrup, and jelly all my life. I’ve also eaten it mixed with…
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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.