Medicine Before Aspirin
“And when my husband was just starting out as a doctor, he was trying to get practice. They used to…
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Eating Chicken in Appalachia
“Along with pork, our most commonly served meat was poultry. Mother raised chickens, and we had eggs and chicken to…
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East Bound Freight Train
Today’s post was written by Paul. For this installment in our train song series, I was lucky enough to be…
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Riddle 18
I’m sharing another riddle from “Way Down Yonder on Troublesome Creek Appalachian Riddles & Rusties” by James Still. “Crooked as…
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Corn Shuckings
Marinda Brown: I always got th’biggest thrill out a’that—just th’children and me. Just th’very smallest children would get in and…
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Longing to be an Adult
“I looked down at the tattered toes of my brogans. That was going to be my whole destiny always,…
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Coves and Hollers
A few months back Garland sent me the following comment: I have seen you use the word cove from time…
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The Joy of a Swing
Veler Marcus: Daddy would make us rope swings. Tie a rope in a loop on a limb in the yard…
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On This Veterans Day
Today’s guest post was written by Bill Burnett. Let us all remember our Veterans every day but especially today. We…
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Freight Train Boogie
Today’s post was written by Paul. Guitar Man (Nephew Ben) makes a triumphant return in this train song video! If…
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Overheard
“My grandpa said when he was a boy this area was so sparse in population that he’d go up on…
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Cardinals Sent as Messengers
From the website State Symbols USA: “North Carolina designated the northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) as official state bird in 1943….
