Here’s the round up of the last several winners from my Thankful November Giveaway series. The winner of “Appalachian Values” by Loyal Jones is Martha D. Justice who said: “Congratulations to all the winners! Just another blessing to be Thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving friends.” The winner of “A Smoky Mountain Boyhood Memories, Musings, and More” by Jim Casada is Kathy Gautier who said: “Love Jim’s writing. I know I would enjoy this book. On my list of things I am…
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In 2008 Pap and Paul released their first printing of “Songs of Christmas.” Here’s what I said about it way…
“On one of your visits to the Great Smoky Mountains, take time to visit the remains of a true hardscrabble…
“On Christmas morning our brothers would get up around three or four o’clock in the morning, long before daylight. They…
Blind Pig reader Allison Britt is a wonderful artist. A few years back she sent me an amazing hand drawn…
“I always had to stay out of school on hog-killing day to help out, of course. What I enjoyed most…
“The mountains were beautiful. Cold, crystal springs cascaded down the slopes. We got our water from one several yards away…
“To me, November always evokes pleasant thoughts—they include fond memories of boyhood rabbit hunts with a bevy of human and…
“My feeling is that we mountain people have a pretty realistic view of ourselves, and we don’t take ourselves too…
Chitter’s jewelry and rock cutting business is going full steam. The last two years her business has seen exponential growth.…