Old Father Time He’s A Rumbling and A Rapping
The other day a few friends and I were talking about how fast 2014 has flown by. I said “Forget…
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Home In Appalachia
Quote from Foxfire Magazine Fall 1988 “I was born here. My Pap and Mam was born and buried here, and…
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March 23 1863 Headquarters 65th N C Regt Letter 8
Ruins of R.R. bridge across Tennessee River – Library of Congress ————————– March 23 (on envelope) 1863 Headquarters 65th…
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Katydids
My lackluster job of capturing the sound of a jar fly reminded me of the post below which was published…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 70
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test-take it and see how you do! Mite Mortally Mullock Make out Married…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Share Your Blossoms
Wisdom from Foxfire: “If you don’t share your blossoms, your flowers won’t grow; if you don’t share your bread, your…
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Cushaw Soup
One of the recipes I’ve been using my abundance of cushaw squash in is Mark F. Sohn’s recipe for Squash…
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The Old Gray Cat
I’m going to share a Pressley Girls video with you today-The Old Gray Cat. They learned the song at the…
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Baa Baa Black Sheep
Baa Baa Black Sheep Have You Any Wool? Yes, sir, yes, sir three bags full. One for the master, one…
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Zollicoffer Sullivan County East Tenn March 18th 1863 Letter 7
Interior view of Rebel fort in front of Petersburg works, manned by Cowan’s Independent battery, 1st N.Y., 24th June, 1864…
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Appalachian Harvest Vocabulary
Admiring your harvest is one of the greatest satisfactions of gardening-you can see some of Granny’s in the photo above….
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Jar Flies
Jar Flies aka cicadas play the soundtrack to late summer in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Since I grew up hearing…
