Stories from Terrapins
In the deep woods, above the old Indian’s ancient cabin of handhewn logs, there was the persistent barking of a…
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Blackberry Cobbler
One of the first rules of a berry picking jaunt was a good blackberry cobbler. This no-mix cobbler recipe is…
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Daddy’s Hands
Today’s post was written by Paul. Holly Dunn released “Daddy’s Hands” in 1986. I was just 12 years old at…
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Riddle 55
Brad shared today’s riddle with me. What is the one sound that can make a dog come, a horse go,…
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Memories of June Apples
Growing up in Goshen Valley in Northeast Tennessee, my Grammie Yankee had a cluster of June apple trees on her…
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Mountain Bald
Southern Appalachian Digital Collections Summer grazing on Mountain BaldPrint by North Carolina Museum of HistoryDate: 1906 baldA adjetive See citationsB…
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Fighting Weeds
We’ve been getting rain fairly often and it sure has helped the gardens. All the vegetables are doing good and…
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For Decoration Day
decoration, decoration day noun An occasion on which a family or church congregation gathers on a Sunday to place flowers on the graves…
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Elderberry Fritters
Mix a sweet pancake batter in a bowl large enough to cover a flower head of Elderberry. Holding by the…
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The B Minor Bounce
Today’s post was written by Paul. Last week’s instrumental in B 7th deserves a follow-up instrumental in B Minor, because…
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Spice Bush & Birch Tea
I’ve never been a fan of hot tea. In fact I downright disliked it. The only person I remember drinking…
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Planting Peas
We used to try to grow spring peas ever year. There might have been once or twice that we actually…
