My Life in Appalachia – Planting Potato Peels
For as long as I can remember Granny has saved her potato peelings and planted them in the spring of…
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A Traditional Plate of Food
As I filled my supper plate last night I realized everything I fixed is represented in the cookbook Jim Casada…
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Pap & Paul Sing about Whippoorwills
Pap and Paul sung several Delmore Brothers’ songs. The Delmores wrote some mighty fine songs so it’s easy to see…
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Country Stores
Had a little country store up there. You’d take the eggs up there. He made one trip to Canton every…
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Turned Around by Honeysuckle
I had an aggravating morning. Nothing really wrong just a series of events that prevented me from getting to do…
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Logging and Deep Hollows
When I was 9 or 10 years old, I was allowed to accompany and help a professional forester buying logs…
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Relishing the Call of the Whippoorwills
Most springs we have one lone whippoorwill that makes its presence known early in the morning and late in the…
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From the Archives: Grateful in Appalachia
“Louisa had never been grateful for anything, but from Corie she learned gratefulness and thankfulness for all things: dry wood,…
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Memories of Store Bought Bread
Mountain people love fried foods, and the women worked hard to create different combinations of food to serve, because the…
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Happy Mother’s Day from Appalachia – 2023
Three generations in Appalachia: Gazzie holding Tipper, and Granny (Louzine) Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mothers who read the…
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Overheard
“Around here if you catch anything other than minners or horneyheads you think you’ve got good eating.” Last night’s video:…
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Living Close to the Land for Generations
Here in the Blue Ridge, we are either on top of the mountains looking down into sprawling hollers covered with trees…
