Appalachia Through My Eyes – Shape Note Singing
People gather in the third floor chapel of the Historic Shook-Smathers House in Clyde, N. C. to lift their voices in…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Planting Taters
Three generations of the same family planting taters in Graham County NC. The garden brings generations together. Tipper Appalachia Through…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – March
“In the hills, March is a woodpecker drumming in a new season. It’s the liquid trill of tree frogs and…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – The Foody 500
The Learning Center in Murphy NC recently held The Foody 500. The race was similar to a pinewood derby, with…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – A High Mountain Holler and Silent Coon Dogs
This high mountain holler used to echo with the deep mouths of trailing coon dogs; the woods rang with the whistles and shouts…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – He Ricked up the Wood
Mighty aggravating to rick up the wood you just split when someone keeps sticking their cell phone in your face,…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Hearing Voices that are Gone
A girl in Appalachia, high on a mountain top viewing her world while she hears the voices of those who are…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Winter Finally Decided to Show Up
Winter finally decided to show up in Southern Appalachia. With Christmas temps in the 70s the bite of cold weather…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Christmas Trees
We put our Christmas tree up the weekend after Thanksgiving. Every year I think our tree is the prettiest one…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Friends
Friends, pals, buddies, comrades, chums, two of a kind, birds of a feather. All those words describe 2 girls who…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Rainbows
My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky… ~Wordsworth ——————— This beautiful rainbow arced itself across…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – The Prettiest Place for a Ball Field
Macon County NC Have you ever seen a prettier place for a ball field? I imagine it’d be hard to…
