Overheard
“He was laying there on the blanket stretched out like a shoat in the sunshine.” Tipper Overheard: snippets of conversation I overhear…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Fall is Afoot
I sense fall is afoot even though the days are still burning hot and there’s still plenty of green to go…
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Put = Lots of Things in Appalachia
In Appalachia we use the word put in the following ways: as a verb meaning to propose or to start:…
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Asheville Daily Gazette Tuesday October 23, 1900
Bad road from Murphy to Brasstown Asheville Daily Gazette Tuesday October 23, 1900 We made a trip to Brasstown last…
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How do You Pick Your Apples?
As I told you yesterday this is the largest apple crop we’ve ever harvested. Our trees are several years old…
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Angels of Mercy
Photos and graphics by Ron Priest I’ve had Pap strong on my mind ever since Uncle Henry had his stroke….
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Code Switching = Changing the Way you Talk
On yesterday’s post about being stove up, Ron Stephens left the following comment: “Been there, done that as we say…
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Stove Up
A few weeks ago Blind Pig Reader Ron Banks left the following comment: “I know the term stoved up very…
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September in Pigeon Roost
The 1974 Winter Edition of the Foxfire Magazine contains a compilation of newspaper articles written by Harvey Miller. At the…
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How Does My Garden Grow?
We’re still getting a few tomatoes and beans from the garden. I’ve been really excited about our first ever grape…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 91
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear some of the words….
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Corn and Potato Chowder
I like to make a pot of soup or stew on the weekends for an easy supper and to provide lunches…
