Appalachia Through My Eyes – Like Fighting Fire
I go at every thing I do like I’m fighting fire. Makes no difference if I’m cooking supper, working in…
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Appalachia Vocabulary Test 67
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. Take it and see how you do! Lap Leader Lessen Lipping full…
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Father’s Day
Pap, Steve, and me – early 70s. Today is Father’s Day which always makes me a little teary eyed. I am…
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Yankee Doodle Dandy
Yankee Doodle come to town, Riding on a pony. Stuck a feather in his cap, And called it macaroni. I…
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Graduation 2014
Chatter and Chitter – Kindergarten We chose not to send the girls to pre-k. I was a stay at home…
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Grandfather – Papaw – Pap – Grandpa
Pap and Ben-the first grandchild Growing up we called Pap’s father, Wade, Papaw. Granny’s father, Charles, died when she was…
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Yellow Squash
Yellow Squash has been a favorite veggie of mine since I was a child. I’m hoping this year’s garden brings a bumper…
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Memories of Daddy
The Deer Hunter and Papaw Tony ——————– “My Daddy, when he died, I couldn’t hardly give him up. We used…
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To Stake Or Not To Stake
We plant most of our tomatoes in four raised beds. The dirt is a mixture of native soil (mostly red…
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Appalachian Grammar Lesson 26
In Appalachia the word them is often used where the word those should be used. those can be used as…
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Mary Mary Quite Contrary
Mary, Mary quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockle-shells, And pretty maids all in a…
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Bigwig
Have you ever run into any bigwigs? Bigwigs are people who are in a position of influence…or at least they…
