Overheard
“I made’em up with buttermilk to save my sweet milk. They were still good.” Tipper Overheard: snippets of conversation I overhear in…
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Do You Use a Wheel Hoe?
Photo courtesy of Hoss Tools In Dean Mullis’ recent newsletter he mentioned using a wheel hoe in his garden for…
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How Does My Garden Grow – June 2018
We’re just beginning to enjoy the summer veggies. Our spring stuff has mostly played out with the exception of a…
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Down in the Willow Garden
Today’s post was written by Paul. “Down in the Willow Garden” is an old murder ballad. Before I could play…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 113
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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Feeding Cox’s Army
By Frank Leslie’s magazine – Library of Congress, Public Domain A few years back Pam Moore told me about a…
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5 Things
1. The turkeys are still hanging around and we now have three baby chicks. We started out with five chicks….
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Time to Cut Hay
Folks in my area have just completed their first cutting of hay. They usually get two cuttings of hay during the…
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Fathers According to Blind Pig Readers
The Deer Hunter explaining something to the girls while he rested from cutting wood Rose: Yes I also learned a lot…
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The Strangest Thing that Ever Happened to Me
Today’s guest post was written by Betty Louise Saxon Hopkins In today’s modern age, this story would not seem very…
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Daddy’s Calloused Hands
An excerpt from It’s Not My Mountain Anymore written by Barbara Taylor Woodall: Dad was quiet, tall and lanky, dressed in…
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Pap Pa Pappy
Pap and his girls (Chatter, April my niece, Chitter) pap noun A father (in third-person reference and as a form…
