My Favorite Ladle
I have a favorite ladle. You can see it in the photo above. On the day I snapped the photo…
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Case Knife =A Butter Knife
Ed Ammons left the following comment on last week’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. “Nowthen there’s a Case and there’s a case…
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White Clay
“You boys, take this bucket and go up to the clay pit and bring back as much as you can…
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Singing Songs You Don’t Know – Way Back in the Hills
Photo by Ron Priest I’m sharing another peek into our recent show at the Historic Union County Courthouse for today’s…
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Christmas in July – The Korean War
“Christmas in July reminds me of a July around 1953 when I was in high school. The Korean war was…
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Riddle 14
I’m sharing a riddle from Blind Pig Reader Kenneth Roper. “What has 2 hookers 2 lookers, four stiff-standers, and a…
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Evening Thunderstorms
Thunderstorms are part and parcel of summer in Western North Carolina. The storms bubble up from over in Tennessee and…
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Oatmeal Fairy visits The Pressley Girls
The Pressley Girls have been working hard to pursue their musical dreams over the last several months. They’re becoming well…
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The Murder (?) of Hol Rose
Today’s guest post was written by Jim Casada. THE MURDER (?) OF HOL ROSE J.H. Rose Thanks to widespread…
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Cooking on a Wood Stove
Granny Gazzie When I was a girl Granny Gazzie had a wood cook stove in her kitchen. It set close…
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Remembering Hol Rose and Babe Burnett
Charlie Beck and Hol Rose Photo used with the permission of Hunter Library Special Collections: https://www.wcu.edu/hunter-library/find/special-and-digital-collections.aspx On July 18, at…
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Appalachian Words about Cooking
I’ll be teaching my Mountain Flavors class next week at the Folk School. I’m super excited! I love teaching others…
