Blooms and Dictionaries
Mountain Laurel The laurel and ivy blooms haven’t been as spectacular as usual this year. I can’t think of a…
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Galluses or Suspenders?
A little while back I received a nice email from a follower. Here’s a portion of it: “Got a question…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 158
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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Spring Has Got Gone!
Here in southern Appalachia spring has got gone fast. Seems like I was just looking at the first emerging daffodil…
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Word Survey – Push, Pull, or Shut
My curiosity about words and phrases is constantly being piqued by folks who comment on something I write or on…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 157
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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It’s Green Up Time
Photo by Don Casada: taken from Shuckstack fire tower looking NW towards Gregory Bald. The drainage coming down from the middle…
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Drinking Adam’s Ale
Adam’s ale noun Water (as a drink).1939 Farr TN Mt Regions 89 = water: “I don’t drink nothin’ but Adam’s…
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Have You Ever Turned a Somerset?
somerset noun A somersault. Also called tumbleset. 1849 Lanman Alleghany Mts 50-51 Vandever had obtained a fair hold of the…
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Do You Have Your Picture Taken or Made?
A picture I made of my niece, April, back in 2008 A week or so ago someone left a comment…
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From the Archives: Begun Is Half Done
Sometimes I give myself pep talks. Do you ever do that? The last few weeks have been unusually busy for…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 156
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases….
