Appalachia Through My Eyes – Family Reunions
Two of the best things about family reunions-the babies and the elders. Tipper Appalachia Through My Eyes – A series…
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Planting By The Signs For June 2011
Can you believe June starts tomorrow? I can hardly believe we’re beginning the 6th month of 2011. Both of our…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Memorial Day 2010 – 1944
Remembering Back 1944 “As I walked thru the many white crosses with a dog tag attached I will always think…
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Memorial Day Thoughts
To say the southern highlands of Appalachia have been rainy lately is an understatement. It seems it’s rained continuously for the…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Memorial Day Weekend
The paper reads: Hayesville, North Carolina Sp./4 David Leon Dailey U.S. Army Killed May 20, 1970 in Vietnam Attached to…
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Appalachian Grammar Lesson 7
Time for this month’s Appalachian Grammar Lesson. Anyone who’s heard an Appalachian accent-can tell we mix up pronouns and use…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Prowling Through Things
Did anyone ever tell you not to prowl? Maybe it was at your Grandmother’s or Aunt’s house where you heard…
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Leaves Of Three Let Them Be
This time of the year folks start worrying about bug bites-and the dreaded case of poison oak or poison ivy….
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Fairy Rings
Do you think a fairy made it? I wanted to dance in the circle but was afraid I’d become enchanted…
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Now Is A Needy Time
Over the weekend I cleaned out my office. I have a bad habit of sticking stuff here and there instead of taking…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – The Weenie Roast
We don’t have barbecues or cookouts-we have weenie roasts. It doesn’t take much effort: make a bowl of slaw, a…
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On Flying Turtles
Today’s guest post was written by Ed Myers. ON FLYING TURTLES Ed Myers (Bryson City, NC) My Papaw was…
