The First Corn from the Garden
We ate the first fresh corn of the year last night for supper. It was so good! It didn’t come…
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Making Red Eye Gravy
About this time last year I shared a question with you that I received from a reader who wanted to…
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I Know Who Holds Tomorrow
Pap sitting on Granny Gazzie’s front porch Earlier this week on Pap’s birthday I shared a funny story he told…
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Memories of Summer Supper
“Summer supper at Mom-Mom’s kitchen table. A big bowl of fried whole potatoes. Little new potatoes, the skin scraped off with…
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Hauling Peaches
Way back in the day Pap’s uncle Frank decided to go get a load of peaches. Some of them he…
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I Beg Your Pardon
A couple of weeks ago when I was teaching at John C. Campbell Folk School I took my class on…
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The Lay-by Time of Summer
Letter from Almond, NC published in the Bryson City Times (July 31, 1896). “Most of our farmers are done laying…
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Pocketbooks in Appalachia
In one of my recent language videos (go here to see it) The Deer Hunter shared that Pap always called…
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Papaw Tony’s Tarter Sauce
I’m foolish about fried fish. Pap and Granny loved it when I was growing up and I reckon I inherited…
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I’ll Be Home
I’ve had Pap on my mind a lot over the last week or so. It happens every summer. Part of…
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Overheard
“When I first come to this country the Hiwassee River was just a little branch.”
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Light and Hitch
Several months ago Shawna left the follow comment: I’ve never heard the expression “light and hitch”. What does it mean?…
