How Many Ways Can You Get?
In Appalachia we use the word get in a variety of ways like: using the phrase get about as a verb…
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Burnt Rock Ridge – Graham County NC
Inside Fred Ghormley’s Store, Robbinsville NC – Photo courtesy of Graham County Centennial Book You all seemed to enjoy Wanda Stalcup’s…
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Planting by the Signs for April 2018
I started trying to plant by the signs about 9 or 10 years ago. Pap and Granny always grew a garden…
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Bread in Appalachia
Biscuits, Cornpone, and Cracklin’ Bread – More Than Moonshine – Sydney Saylor Farr “People in almost any country in the…
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Thirty Pieces of Silver
Today’ special Easter post is brought to you by Paul. Happy Easter, everyone. I had hoped to upload another Easter-themed…
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Dying Easter Eggs
The Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore has this to share about dying Easter eggs: Easter eggs…
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Blind Pig Readers Talk about Easter
Pap and Granny’s grandkids at Easter Ed Ammons: Does anybody remember Easter baskets made from round oatmeal boxes? The boxes…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 110
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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Fascinating Online Resource
I wanted to share a fascinating online resource with you today. Those of you who read comments left on posts…
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Hanging Dog – Cherokee County – NC
The community of Hanging Dog is located below Murphy which is the county seat of Cherokee County, NC. A few…
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Amish Fruit Cake
On a regular basis my computer desktop get so cluttered with files that I can’t find anything. Eventually I get…
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Spider Web Canyon
I’ve been thinking a lot about Brasstown over the last few weeks. You could probably tell from my recent…
