Overheard

“Did she tell you what we ate for breakfast?” “No she didn’t name it to me.” Overheard: snippets of conversation I overhear in Southern Appalachia…

9 Comments September 4, 2021

“I went to see a woman up on Fire’s Creek to see about getting some green beans. All she had…

August 7, 2021

“When I first come to this country the Hiwassee River was just a little branch.”…

July 10, 2021

“Did you look the beans?” “I looked at them when I poured them in the pot.” “You have to look…

June 19, 2021

“I just can’t seem to turn out any work anymore, so I’ll be glad for your help.”…

April 10, 2021

“I hope he ain’t gonna hurt his back a’gin, but you can’t tell him nothing.” Overheard: snippets of conversation I overhear in…

February 20, 2021

“Granny taught all us boys to crochet but I was the only one that took to it.”…

January 2, 2021

“He was taking him out to Asheville and I wanted to go and he wouldn’t let me. Thought I’d beg…

October 17, 2020

“He’d already asked me and I told him. Then he went to talking about it again. I felt like there…

August 22, 2020

“You’re too busy a courting to pay any attention to what’s going on around here.”…

July 25, 2020