Thankful November – Eating Turnips
“We raised great big turnips—people don’t raise turnips like they did then. Old people had great large turnips back then,…
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Making Pepper Jelly
We finally had our first hard freeze over the weekend. I knew it was coming and went out in search…
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The City of New Orleans
Today’s post was written by Paul. Hello, Dear Acorns. It’s that time again for our train song series here on…
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Thankful November – The Wilson Brothers
Over the years Pap and his brother made music together as The Wilson Brothers. They sang gospel music in the…
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Puppy Love
Today’s guest post was written by Garland Davis. From the time I was three until my father’s premature death when…
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Thankful November – Grandma Gatewood
“Emma trudged on, as May wound down, through lonely woods. She sucked on bouillon cubes as she hiked, and found…
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Thankful November – In 1928
“In early January 1928, we moved, house and all, higher into the mountains to Mark’s Cove just below Clingman’s Dome….
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Making Tea Cakes
Over the years lots of folks have asked for my tea cake recipe. Since I started making cooking videos even…
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Thankful November
It’s time for my annual Thankful November. Every November I host a variety of giveaways as a way of saying THANK…
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Baerendans, Barendans, or Baerentanz
The girls learned an old fiddle tune from David Kaynor several years ago. We first uploaded the song to YouTube…
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Wind in the Dark Hills
“There was loneliness in the dark hills when the wind stirred the withered leaves on the trees. It was music…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 153
Two of Chitter’s handmade cabochons It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you…
