The Sound of Wind
About the wind, it is a world of a subject. It may not talk but it comes awful close and…
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Stories of Old Friends
Steve, Granny, and Pap When Granny and Pap were first married they lived in town in a little place they…
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Preacher Bird
While chicken is today among the less expensive meats found in your local grocery store, though none of them is…
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Crazy Spammers!
If you’re of my generation or older you may associate the word spam with the canned meat product you find…
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From the Archives: Spring of the Year When Granny was a Girl
Granny The other evening I asked Granny what she remembered about Spring of the year when she was a girl….
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Squash and Onions
Our Sunday night supper: baked sweet potato, squash and onions, and baked fried chicken After a couple of years of…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 164
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases….
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Mean Roosters
My dad always told about when he was 9-10 years old and his mom had a mean Rhode Island Red…
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From the Archives: The Late Spring Snow Of March 17, 1936
1936 left to right: TJ, Ellen (Mother), Leveta, Charles, and Louise (Photo provided by Charles Fletcher) March 17, 1936–One of…
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Grandpa’s Still
Today’s guest post was written by Garland Davis. It was in the fall of 1956. Grandpap and I were resting…
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Jealous of Folks Going by Shank’s Mare
The video readings I’ve been doing from “Common Folks” written by Verna Mae Slone have got me to studying on…
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Old Man Winter Returns
Old man winter has returned to the southern mountains of Appalachia. The spring like days we’ve been having have disappeared…
