Traditions Of Thanksgiving
For me Thanksgiving has always been a time to gather with my family-eat a lot of good food and enjoy…
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The Best Rolls For Thanksgiving
With Thanksgiving only a few days away many of us are thinking about food and family. I find it interesting-how folks become connected…
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Brasstown NC In 1920 – In 2012
Fred O. Scroggs-photo provided by the John C. Campbell Folk School Fred O. Scroggs was a storekeeper here in Brasstown,…
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Battle Hymn Of The Republic
A few weeks ago, Chatter and Chitter performed at their school’s annual Veteran’s Day Program. There was a pre show…
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Pickled Corn And Movie News
I never got around to telling you how my experimental pickled corn turned out. It turned out great! So pretty-crisp-and tasty…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Reach Me A Apple
“Reach me a apple” in Appalachian Vernacular means the same thing as “hand me an apple”. Have you seen the…
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Mystery At Pine Log Cemetery
A while back I was wandering around the graveyard at Pine Log Baptist Church in Clay County NC. I have…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Spit In Your Hand
Fall of the year’s frosty mornings bring out pickup trucks with beds piled high with firewood and cardboard signs telling…
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Veteran’s Day In Appalachia
I’m not sure if it’s because Pap was a Marine-or because he is patriotic-but he taught my brothers and me…
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It’s Not My Mountain Anymore
Today winds up my series on the book It’s Not My Mountain Anymore which was written by Barbara Taylor Woodall….
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Appalachia Vocabulary Test 48
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test-take it and see how you do. Backhand Bark Bat Beside oneself Black…
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Ridgeline TV
Remember back in August when the Blind Pig Gang performed at the Union County Historical Society and a local tv station…
