Do You Ever Scrooch?
Papaw and Chatter scrooched up taking a nap – 2004 Scrooch, scrooch down, scrooch up, scroudge, scrouge, scrouge around, scrouge…
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Courts Like a Stick of Wood
She said her boyfriend courts like a stick of wood Courts like a stick of wood = a very boring…
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Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies – Take 2
The Pressley Girls It was back in 2014 that I shared a video of Pap and Paul doing the old…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Rich Pine
The natural decay of pine trees often results in a natural fire starter. In Appalachia the phenomenon is called: rich pine,…
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Dancing in the Hog Trough
dance in a hog trough verb phrase 1956 Hall Coll. Del Rio TN Fifty years ago if a younger sister…
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The Chestnuts of Appalachia
“Roaming the Mountains with John Parris – Chestnuts: Only Memories Stand Burningtown” They stand like gaunt, whitening skeletons among the living…
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More about the Use of Ye
There was much discussion about the use of the word ye in the comments on last Saturday’s “Overheard” post. A…
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Valentines are in the Air
When we went on a hike over the weekend we found two hearts. One was in a leaf. You can…
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Chatter’s Quinoa Bake
The girls have been doing more of the cooking lately and I’m glad because they’ve been making some tasty meals….
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Where We’ll Never Grow Old
Pap – photo by Chitter We went on a long hike yesterday. We tramped up steep mountain ridges and slid…
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Overheard
“Did you hit me?” “Yes I was a fussing with my youngin and wasn’t watching. I’m sorry.” “Well it don’t…
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The Flu According to Blind Pig Readers
Seems like every day I hear more about the flu that is rampant across the country. Schools and hospital wards…
