Pinnacle Creek Logging Community
“My grandfather and great grandfather were loggers. Little communities would build up, and after a time would just die out….
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Our Legacy of Traditional Music in Western North Carolina
The year 2019 was declared the “Year of Music in North Carolina” by the Governor. The North Carolina Arts Council…
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Mountain Brogue
brogue noun A distinctive local accent or habit of pronunciation (with no reference to perceived Irish or Scottish characteristics). 1978…
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Remembering Back on Memorial Day
—Remembering Back 1944 “As I walked thru the many white crosses with a dog tag attached I will always think…
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When You Need a Plumb-Bob
The other day I was helping The Deer Hunter on a job. We were just getting started and he realized…
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Praying
I’ve still been listening to the cd of Pap and Granny I found a few weeks back. I’ve especially enjoyed…
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Did You Ever Do Any Of These Things?
Today’s guest post was written by Ed Ammons. Did Granny ever wash out paper milk cartons and use them to…
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Mountains Held up for us to Behold
This time of the year my eyes are awed by the mountains of Appalachia. Their green covered slopes reach out…
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May in Pigeon Roost 2
The 1974 Winter Edition of the Foxfire Magazine contains a compilation of newspaper articles written by Harvey Miller. At the…
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Whither the Wind Bloweth
I’ve always been fascinated with the wind. Oh I’m not talking about the kind that blows down trees and tears…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Murphy and a Sense of Place
Murphy, NC The other evening The Deer Hunter and I did something we rarely do, we went out to eat….
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It’s Been Three Years
Three years ago today Pap died. In one way it seems like he’s been gone twenty years, in another it’s…
