Have You Been Hearing Jar Flies?
Jar Flies play the soundtrack to late summer in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Since I grew up hearing their raspy…
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Terrapins in Appalachia
Every time it rains Granny’s phone gets filled with static. It’s been doing that for years. Pap called and complained…
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The Owl is Still in Wilson Holler
Several years ago I shared a story about a plastic owl with you. The fake owl is still alive…
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Have You Been Hearing the Katydids?
Have you been hearing the katydids at night? We’ve been hearing their chatter for a few weeks now. Granny and…
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Grasshoppers in Appalachia
During the summer it’s hard to walk through the yard without flushing out grasshoppers. I found this little guy in a…
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Grandaddy Longlegs
I call it a Granddaddy. Some folks call them Daddy Long-Legs or even Granddaddy Long-legs. When the girls were babies I didn’t want…
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Blacksnakes 1893
“Now, there’s blacksnakes around here. One morning I went into the kitchen and opened a door to come into the…
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Listen to my Whippoorwill
We’ve had a whippoorwill hanging around our house since about mid May. It sends out its call just after…
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The Mountain Whippoorwill – Stephen Vincent Benet
The Mountain Whippoorwill written by Stephen Vincent Benet 1925 Up in the mountains, it’s lonesome all the time, (Sof’…
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Whippoorwills
When the Whippoorwhills Call by John Parris There’s an old mountain saying that when the first whippoorwill calls it’s time…
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Rabies
Rabies written by Larry Griffith As a boy in the early 1950’s I lived on Squirrel Run in Elliot Co….
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Whippoorwills in Bellview
I grew up hearing Pap tell a very silly story about Whippoorwills. In days gone by, the story was quite…
