Drinking Water from Grapevines – Smoking Grapevines
Water from grapevine by the creek “When we were kids I remember the water dripping out of the grapevines when…
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Memories of Swinging on Grapevines
The other day I noticed a grapevine just at the top edge of a long slopping bank deep in the…
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Tennessee Has Some Odd Place Names
The other day I was reading one of my favorite blogs, Tennessee Mountain Stories and I just loved one of…
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Being Self Sufficient
Ed Buchanan, a 74-year-old farmer who farms just for himself, can survey his little kingdom back here in the hills…
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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…
