Appalachia Through My Eyes – When You Need Help With A Fiddle Tune
According to Chitter-if you need help figuring out a fiddle tune-just stick your head inside your fiddle case and it’ll…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Look The Beans
Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English Look transitive verb To examine (food), inspect for dirt or foreign objects. 1982 Slone How…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Eastern Fence Lizard
“We have the same lizards here in Caldwell County. I looked them up and and they are called Eastern fence…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Crawdad
See the critter in the photo-I call it a crawdad. I assumed everyone else did too until I read a…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – The Place Was Full
Sending out a BIG thank you to everyone who came out to see The Pressley Girls last night. And a heartfelt…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Like Fighting Fire
I go at every thing I do like I’m fighting fire. Makes no difference if I’m cooking supper, working in…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Homecoming
Homecoming noun An annual event when former members of a church gather for a reunion, including special worship services, and…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Baby Fox Grapes
fox grape noun A woody vine (Vitis labrusca) that bears small, edible grapes green in color but later turning brown….
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – I Come In A One
The whole Blind Pig Gang gets together almost every Sunday afternoon to do a little pickin’ and grinnin’. Along with…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Pissant
pissant, pismire noun A small back ant. 1867 Harris Sut Lovingood 32 I felt like I’d crowded intu a ole…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Water Spiders
Water spiders…the only kind of spider I wasn’t afraid of as a child. I used to think water spiders had…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – The Orange Is Calling To Me
The Mountain Azaleas are in full bloom in my part of Appalachia. Some folks call them wild honeysuckle, others call…
