Winter Thoughts
When the nights are gittin’ chilly and the leaves begin to fade,An’ the mercury’s down to thirty, ‘stead o’ ninety…
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Thoughts on Tall Weeds and Rust
Today’s guest post was written by Don Casada. You can see the post that spurred his thoughts here. Inexplicably, I…
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I Never Minded Work
Earlier this week I spent time talking with Rachel Virginia Hicks, better known as Sis or Granny. We had a…
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The Importance of Documenting Photos
Granny with siblings and cousin (she’s on the far right of the second row) On yesterday’s post several folks lamented…
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A Pictorial History
Gideon Laney, daughter Grace Laney, a boy, and a man Photo courtesy of Western Carolina University Southern Appalachian Digital Collections…
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My Favorite Snack
Popcorn is my favorite snack. Granny likes it too. When I was a girl she’d pop corn in one of…
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Golden Slippers
Several months back the sweet couple sitting on the right end of the couch commissioned Chitter to make their wedding…
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The Music of Every Day Sounds
How can anyone make another hear the nice musical sounds of the realistic, common everyday things, like the cracklin’ of…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 163
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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Using an Axe
My daddy carried a double bitted axe. One side he kept fairly dull and used it for splitting. The other…
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5 Things
1. For many years I collected angels. Then one day I realized I had all I needed and a few…
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I Started Our 2023 Garden
Our 2023 garden has officially started. Yesterday with Chatter’s help I planted cabbage and pepper seedlings. I might be jumping…
