Characters In Appalachia
Every once in a while I wake up with a smile on my face-a day where it seems everything I…
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Spring Hill School, Haywood County, NC
Sue Cole was born in 1932. Earlier this summer, as we sit under a canopy of trees, she shared her…
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Grapes and Fox Grapes-Juice and Jelly
by Ethelene Dyer Jones Both grape juice and grape jelly were two of the items we “put up” on our…
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Mountain Folk
Over the past few months, I’ve been dwelling on the ever shrinking remnant of the the rich Appalachian Culture. Honestly-the traditions that are still…
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Choking Out The Whippoorwills
This time of the year I start listening-hoping to hear the first Whippoorwill of the season. I grew up hearing…
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Waste Not Want Not
Bonnie “Waste Not Want Not” was a saying past generations used and lived by-because they had too. Wasting for past…
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Mountain Folk
I’d like to introduce you to Hubert Kirkland. Hubert is a native Appalachian-born and raised in the mountains of Western…
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Memories Of Winter Months Spent In Appalachia
Wanda Stalcup In the old days the long winter months following Christmas and New Years were a time to catch…
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LOL In Appalachia
Some laughter by way of one of Pap’s old friends. Evert was well known for being a prankster-never one to pass…
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Christmas in Appalachia 1938
Aunt Hazel My Great Aunt, Hazel Currie, recently shared a Christmas memory with me-an Appalachian Christmas memory. The first Christmas…
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Blog Action Day 2008: Poverty
Today is Blog Action Day 2008, the sponsored topic is Poverty. As I thought about poverty, I felt inadequate to write about the…
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LOL in Appalachia
Some laughter by way of Pap. Back in the day, Pap and a friend walked to see 2 brothers,who were…
