Blackberry Dumplings
After so many of you left comments about Blackberry Dumplings I decided I had to give them a try. I…
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Planting By The Signs For August 2014
We managed to get a few things planted for a fall garden a few days ago-lettuce, turnips, and such as…
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Like A Tree That’s Planted By The Water
I Shall Not Be Moved is a song I grew up singing in church-one I always enjoyed. I knew it…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Greasy Back Beans
greasy back bean, greasy bean noun A crescent-shaped green bean with a shiny shell. Same as creaseback, turkey bean. 1996…
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Aprons In Appalachia
My Granny Gazzie always wore an apron. I suppose Mamaw did too but I don’t really remember hers. Granny Gazzie’s…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Cold In July…What?
Brasstown was a chilly 49 degrees yesterday morning. We also had a chilly morning or two during the week of…
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Washington County Tenn Feb 16th 1863 – Letter 4
Interior views of Fort Sumter, S.C. taken by a Confederate photographer in 1864 [i.e. 1863] (Library of Congress) ————– Washington…
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Porches
So many good ‘porch’ comments were left on the post Appalachia Through My Eyes – Of An Evening that I…
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Grabbling New Taters
grab, grabble, gravel verb To dig up with the hands, esp a potato early in the season, and smooth back…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 68
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test-take it and see how you do! Lope Leastways Lastingest Love bump Lopper-jawed…
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Meet The Blackberry Pickers
We’ve been playing the part of Mr. & Mrs. Blackberry Picker this summer. Here in Cherokee County the blackberries have…
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That Lonesome Valley
My favorite song at the moment is an old traditional song The Lonesome Valley. The Blind Pig gang has been jamming…
