Spring Peeper – Spring Cheeper
A toad frog that lived under our back deck one summer. Excerpt from Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English: Spring cheeper, spring…
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Spring Tonic
Excerpt from Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English: Spring tonic noun A home medicine taken in early spring and purported to purge…
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Spring Lizard
Excerpt from Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English: 1995 Adams Come Go Home 2 We had turned over rocks in the…
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‘Spring’ In The Appalachian Language
The last few days have felt like Spring here in Southern Appalachia and according to the calendar Spring arrives for…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Arsh Potatoes
Last night for supper we had: grilled barbecue ribs, pickled beans and corn, and baked arsh potatoes. It was all…
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Wear Green Or Be Pinched!
St. Patrick’s Day is set aside to honor St. Patrick, who was born around 385 C.E. As a young man…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Happy As A Pig In Slop
As I pulled up in the yard the other evening I saw something that made me happier than a pig…
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Testifying With Roger May
Roger May is a documentary photographer, who lives and works in Raleigh NC, but was raised in West Virginia on…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Biscuits And Gravy
As The Deer Hunter and I fixed our plates for supper last night-I realized there was a MAJOR compatibility issue…
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The Best Birthday Cake Ever
A few years ago it was someone’s birthday at work. They brought in a cake to share and invited me…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – March Flowers
The March flowers finally decided to show their lovely bright faces around my house. Seems like they are later than…
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Walking That Lonesome Valley
My favorite song at the moment is an old traditional song The Lonesome Valley. The Blind Pig gang has been jamming…
