I Still Miss Someone
Johnny Cash and his nephew Roy Cash, Jr. wrote “I Still Miss Someone.” Johnny first recorded the song in 1958…
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Reading in Appalachia
“Gertie thumbed through one of the books. Many of the poems were familiar as old neighbors who, though moved away…
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Children and Religion in Appalachia
Chitter and Chatter “A thump, thumping and smothered cries took her rushing to the stairway in time to catch Cassie…
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Strange Cars Bringing News from Beyond
Pap, his Uncle, and cousin George in New Port News VA during WWII “Gertie thought for an instant of a…
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Hills and Hollers of Appalachia are a Comfort
“She thought on Ann Liz and her farming as she reached the far end of the row where far below…
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September 2, 1945
Harshaw Road – Cherokee County NC September 2, 1945 the Japanese delegation formally signed the instrument of surrender marking the…
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Freezing Blueberries
This has been a bumper year for our blueberry bushes. We’ve made pies, muffins, and cakes, but mostly we’ve eaten…
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Just About Then
Sometimes I listen to the Blind Pig and The Acorn Youtube Channel while I work. The other day I really…
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Vacation Fun
The girls and I snuck off to the beach a while back. We had a wonderful time. The weather was…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 127
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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Calling Places by People’s Names Who Are Long Gone On
There’s something exceedingly nostalgic and at the same time reverent about place names that honor those who lived, loved, worked…
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Catching Spring Lizards
1995 Adams Come Go Home 2 We had turned over rocks in the branch so we could watch the spring…
