Memorial Day 2021
The 30th of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of…
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Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
Willie Nelson wrote a lot of songs, many of which became hits for other artists as well as himself. A…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 148
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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May 2021 Garden Tour
Our garden is really coming on. This is my favorite time of the year when it comes to gardening. It’s…
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The First Cutting of Hay
Over the last week or so I’ve noticed people cutting their first haying of the year. When Pap was a…
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May in Pigeon Roost 3
The 1974 Winter Edition of the Foxfire Magazine contains a compilation of newspaper articles written by Harvey Miller. At the…
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A Horseshoe Hanging in Time and Place
Today’s guest post was written by Ed Karshner. This is the third post in series of three. Follow these links…
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The Mountains Are Full of Blooms
The mountains are just spectacular this time of the year. Every where I look I see the pinkish white blooms…
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White Buffalo
The Pressley Girls have been playing a new fiddle tune around the house and I’ve had it going round and…
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Lizard Fishing
“When we lived on Tucker Branch, me and Harold started to go lizard fishing. I was about 4 and Harold was…
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Dasst and Other D Words in Appalachia
In my latest video I’m talking about Appalachian words and phrases that start with the letter D. Out of the…
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Have You Been Hearing the Whippoorwills?
For the past few evenings we’ve been hearing a lone whippoorwill singing its heart out. Most years we hear a…
