Preserving Mountain Flavors Day 4 – Let Them Eat Pie
Today’s cooking class was all about the pie. Nanette taught us how to make a flaky delicious crust-then came the…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – My Cure For Worrying
Are you a worrier? Or maybe you know someone who WORRIES about E-VERY-TH-ING? Granny is a worrier. She is a…
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Preserving Mountain Flavors Day 2
Today’s cooking class was all about Strawberry Jam. I didn’t have time to take any photos-but the basic recipe we…
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Preserving Mountain Flavors
Last night kicked off the Preserving Mountain Flavors Cooking Class I’m co-teaching at the John C. Campbell Folk School. It’s…
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My Weekend Has Been…
My weekend has been full of blooming bonnets of peas; green star backdrops; talking things over; dusty barefeet; smells of…
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Stuck Up Blues
Have you ever run into somebody who just flat out thought they were better than everybody else- especially you? I…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – The Perfect Arrowhead
I’ve told you before-Chatter and Chitter are rockhounds. They’re always on the look out for rocks that catch their eye….
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Dancing Around The May Pole
Earlier this week when I was listing the things that May brings to mind-I totally forgot one-The May Pole. Sometime…
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Spreading The Love For April
Time to Spread the Love for the month of April. I’m sending a great big THANK YOU to each person…
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Planting By The Signs For May 2012
Can you believe today is May 1st? I cannot. May makes me think of planting the garden. Its the month…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Spring Lizards
Did you ever catch a spring lizard? Back in the day, if us kids were playing in the creek we…
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Why Do We Call Places By People’s Names
Yesterday I traveled with Pap out to Asheville. As he often does he entertained me with tales from yesteryear. One…
