Appalachia Through My Eyes – Keeping Locks Of Hair
Over the weekend the girls and I were in clean out mode. We were going through boxes of stuff that…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Teenage Drivers
I don’t do much driving these days-I have 2 chauffeurs who are always at the ready to take me where…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Cast Iron Frying Pans
When I was growing up, most of our food was cooked in a cast iron frying pan. Oh Granny used…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Saving Seeds
“Saving seeds…That is exactly how my Aunts, Grandmother, and Mother saved seeds. Usually in a long white envelope…sometimes a used…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – 1,000 Legged Bug
I found this 1,000 legged bug crawling along in my kitchen the other morning. I suppose it’s really called a millipede…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Mint
Excerpt from Barbara Taylor Woodall’s book It’s Not My Mountain Anymore: From the creek bank, she picked fragrant peppermint plants,…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Blouse
Granny said “That’s a right pretty blouse you’ve got on. Where did you get it?” Pap said “He had on…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Small Wrists = Number of Children
Grasp your wrist-seeing if you can touch your thumb and middle finger together. Move your hand up slightly towards your…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Mountain Views From Brasstown
Mountain view from Brasstown “Down in the flat country, what is there to see? Here in the mountains the…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – It’s A Jungle Out There
Late summer days make me long for the first heavy frost. Not because I’m hot-but because I want all the…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Lie Bumps
All my life I’ve heard the painful bumps you sometimes get on your tongue are lie bumps. In other words…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Another Harrison Mayes Cross
Photos by Pat Shumway A few weeks ago, Blind Pig reader Pat Shumway sent me the photos above of a…
