Slingshot Memories
I remember Pap making slingshots when we were kids. I tried once or twice to use one, but couldn’t master…
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Spring Folklore From Appalachia
Chatter and Ruby on a Spring day several years back A common piece of folklore tells us April showers brings…
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Garden Update
Tomato and pepper seedlings are growing taller each day, reaching their fragile green arms towards the sunshine coming through the…
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Traditional Mountain Characteristics—Self-Reliance
Today’s guest post was written by Jim Casada. Commodore and Anna Lou Casada Traditional Mountain Characteristics—Self-Reliance Among the common sayings…
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Vegetables and Hickory Chickens
“Along with milk and eggs, vegetables were an integral part of our diet in the mountains. The vegetables most commonly…
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Mercury Dimes and Teething
“As babies we all wore a Mercury Dime around our neck on a string so we wouldn’t have teething pain….
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A Momma to Six Baby Chicks
Today’s post was written by Chitter. Being a mother to six baby chicks is no easy work, and it makes…
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Corduroy Road
corduroy road noun 1995 Weber Rugged Hills 83 When the ground was flat, it was hard for the team to…
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New Covid-19 Habits
The other day I saw a joke about COVID-19. The setting of the joke was in the future. As a…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Dogwood Winter
At the end of last week dogwood winter came to my area of Appalachia. We had frost and temps as…
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Our First Woodstove
“I remember our first stove so well. We even made a poem about it: So well do I remember The…
