Orange Slice Cake for Christmas
Paul, Tipper, Granny Gazzie, and Steve – Christmas 1980s When the girls were small and couldn’t find something they wanted to…
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Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem
Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem was written by Phillips Brooks, the pastor who spoke at Abraham Lincoln’s funeral service. Before…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Millennials and Music
A few months ago the girls were contacted by the North Carolina Arts Council. The organization is making an effort…
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Christmas in Shooting Creek NC
The winter of 1900 had been an unusually bad one. A true story book picture of what a Christmas scene…
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Lettuce Reporters @ Large Update 2
This year Sow True Seed graciously donated extra lettuce seed so that I could deputize @ Large Lettuce Reporters during the fall…
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A White Christmas
If you’ve been reading the Blind Pig and The Acorn for a good while you already know I’m plumb foolish…
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Ambrosia at Christmas Time
Many folks in the mountains of Appalachian don’t think it would be Christmas without Ambrosia. Granny always made fruit salad…
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Overheard
“He would have botched him in the ear I bet.” ——————- Tipper Overheard: snippets of conversation I overhear in Southern Appalachia
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Away In A Manger
Steve & Tipper Christmas 1971 Away In A Manger is the lullaby of Christmas songs. I’ve always thought the simple lines…
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In Appalachia We Like to Add ed to Words
Sometimes we shorten words in Appalachia and sometimes we lengthen them. One way we make words longer is to add…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Grandmothers and Babies
In Appalachia grandmothers love their grandbabies beyond reason…which is a good thing if you ask me. Tipper Appalachia Through My…
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Christmas in Cherokee County in the1930s – And one more Giveaway
A few days ago I told you about the discarded library books at the college where I work. Today I’m…
