Thankful November – Sing Behind the Plow
A TRIBUTE TO OLIVE DAME CAMPBELL, 1882—1954 written by Rooney Floyd Olive Dame was born the daughter of a middle class…
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Thankful November – Sears Roebuck Catalog
I had a lot of good childhood memories. I remember one time when I was five years old, Papa, Maggie,…
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Thankful November – Singing at Home
At our house, we used to sing a lot after supper sitting around the fire. Mother would probably be knitting….
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Thankful November – Picking Up Buckeyes
In the fall, Ma, Pa, and we children picked up buckeyes and gave them away. By the time the old…
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Thankful November – Weather Signs
One cold January afternoon Mama began to discern weather signs. The chimney smoke settled close to the ground and the…
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Thankful November – Corn in the Mountains
MAKIN’S FROM CORN AND CORNMEAL—THE SOUL OF APPALACHIAN COOKING If bread lies at the heart of Appalachian culinary ways, baked…
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Thankful November 2026
2026 is a year we will always remember because Granny left us for a much better place. We all miss…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 199
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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Big Sweet Potatoes This Year
Bonita White Sweet Potatoes We finally got our sweet potatoes dug and are really pleased with the harvest since we…
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Thrashing Beans
thresh verb Variant forms thrash, thrush.1862 Lockmiller CW Letters (June 22) Hiram L miller is to thrush the Rye for…
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Here’s to Fall
Here’s to Fall Summer fades, days shorten, summer’s work becomes a memory of “getting it all done.” Fall’s coming on….
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Appalachian Slides
Over the weekend we went to a friend’s annual fall shindig. We had the best time! There was all sorts…
