Cherry Bounce
“Old man Amos stands treetop-tall in mountain folklore. He made his name and his fame with a concoction called Cherry…
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Ethan Allen
I’m sharing another favorite Pickin and Grinnin in the Kitchen Spot with you today. There are a few Front Range…
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Greening Up According to Blind Pig Readers
Tamela: Green-up always happens with a flourish around here. There is a pinkish-greenish haze for a while which lingers as…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 123
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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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Murphy and a Sense of Place
Murphy, NC The other evening The Deer Hunter and I did something we rarely do, we went out to eat….
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Notes from Joseph Hall’s Early Fieldwork
Photo by NPS Archives “From my first days in the Smokies I listened carefully to all native people I met…
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The Roads Were Bad
Sled at Foxfire Museum “Somebody wrote, “The roads are not”—now don’t blush—”the roads are not passable, not even jackassable.” They…
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Lynn Gault’s Sour Cream Coffee Cake
I’ve been on a coffee cake kick lately. I remember back in the day when all the ladies at church…
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Easter Wishes
Legend of the Dogwood At the time of the crucifixion, the dogwood had reached the size of the mighty oak…
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Overheard
“I just want shed of him.” Tipper Overheard: snippets of conversation I overhear in Southern Appalachia Subscribe for FREE and get a…
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It’s Been Three Years
Three years ago today Pap died. In one way it seems like he’s been gone twenty years, in another it’s…
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Pretending to Dip
Someone left a comment the other day about their grandmother dipping snuff. Both my grandmothers dipped snuff at one time…
