Appalachia Through My Eyes – A Girl and Her Creek
Ever since Chitter started setting creek rocks in silver you can’t keep her out of the Stamey Branch. Seems like…
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Farwell to G.W. Newton
Last week Blind Pig reader, Susie Swanson, let me know G. W. Newton had passed away. Although I hadn’t talked…
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Do You Wave at Everyone You Pass?
Do you wave at folks you pass on the road? Around here some folks wave at every person they meet…
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Planting by the Signs for May 2018
The pretty weather has had me wishing I was at home in the garden instead of sitting behind a desk…
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Cool Before His Time
The Deer Hunter early 90s I was going through some photos Miss Cindy gave us a good while back and…
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Streak-ed Meat
Cornbread, green onions, and streak-ed meat streaked bacon, streaked meat, streaked middling, streaky lean noun Same as striped meat. A…
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It’s All Left Up To You
Today’s post was written by Paul. For many years, Pap told me about one of his favorite duets, the Webster…
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A Memory of Violets
“My grandma taught me how to fight roosters with violets when I was just a little girl. I was always…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 111
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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Enjoying the Pleasures of Life
“Louisa said she liked the singing, and Lee Buck told her that that night he would fiddle for her. When…
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Who Knew Brasstown Had It’s Own Time Zone?
Friday, September 27, 1934 -The Cherokee Scout, Murphy, North Carolina (Mr. Robertson was in Murphy some time ago gathering…
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Garden Update
Our spring garden seems to be going a little slow this year. Not sure if it’s the cold weather we’ve…
