The Way Wash Day Used To Be
Today’s guestpost was written by Charles Fletcher. Wash Day written by Charles Fletcher If the words, “wash day” were mentioned…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Father’s Day
Papaw Tony holding a baby Deer Hunter; Pap holding a baby Tipper; and The Deer Hunter holding Chatter and Chitter…
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Homemade Laundry Detergent
A few years ago, Miss Cindy and I discovered recipes for making laundry detergent. Neither of us mentioned it to…
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Wash Day
Wash on Monday, you’ll have all week to dry; Wash on Tuesday, not so much awry; Wash on Wednesday, not…
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Mop Water
Do you like to clean house? Maybe I should rephrase the question-do you like to have a clean house?…
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Mop At The Foxfire Museum
The Foxfire Museum has amazing household items from days gone by-like the mops in this photo. Harder to use than…
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Cleaning Up Summer
Something about Summer always makes me want to clean this place up-you know sort through all the closets, change all…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Fleabane And Me
Fleabane is one of the many daisy like wildflowers that grow in Appalachia. Folklore says the name, fleabane, came about…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Crawdads
Have you ever been pinched by a crawdad? The old saying is: if a crawdad pinches you it won’t let…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 55
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test – take it and see how you do. Fall to Favor Fit…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Koolaid
Are you a koolaid fan? Me-not so much. A man down the road told Pap the thing he missed most…
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Easy Peasy – No Fail Pie Crust
I love trying new recipes-especially ones from Appalachia. A few weeks ago, I came across a recipe for Kentucky Pie….
