Let Us Never Forget
Let us never forget to honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice serving in the Armed Forces of the United…
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May 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 to Root a Rose Bush Cutting
On my 5 Things post earlier this week Cheryl Soehl asked about starting roses in her comment: Now, I have…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – It’s Hay Cutting Time
It’s hay cutting time in Southern Appalachia. Over the last two weeks I’ve watched the hay mature and ripen in the…
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He Threw a Donnick at me!
dornick noun A rock or stone small enough to be thrown. 1975 Gainer Speech Mtneer 9 = a stone small…
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5 Things
1. These 4 men recently received a well deserved Award of Excellence for the work they do. Knowing the people they…
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This Little Light of Mine
A few months back, we visited the Lufty Baptist church in the Smoky Mountain National Park. If you’ve been reading…
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Overheard
“I’ll beat you like a dusty rug.” Tipper Overheard: snippets of conversation I overhear in Southern Appalachia
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Ever Hear of a Yonce Bean? How about a Young Prince Bean?
A few years ago Brian, one of The Deer Hunter’s friends told him about a greenbean variety that had been…
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Reaching for the Sunshine
The other evening I was walking up the hill from Granny and Pap’s when I noticed a Blackberry briar growing…
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Sow True Seed Cucumber Reporting @ Large Update
I finally manged to get my Sow True Seed Reporting @ Large Cucumber varieties planted. At the end of a…
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Appalachian Sayings – Spitting Image
Chitter, Pap, and Chatter spitting image = looks just like someone There are lots of folks who can’t tell the…
