From the Archives: Brasstown Community Helps the Folk School Begin
September 19, 2019 By the time Olive Dame Campbell and Marguerite Butler decided Brasstown might be the location of the…
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Straight Back Chairs in Brasstown
Community Room Chairs, ca. 1927, various wood These chairs were crafted by community members and donated to the Folk School…
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Hotdogs for Supper
We don’t eat hotdogs often, but we all like them. Adams Meat Market in Marble has the absolute best hotdogs…
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Hickory Stand – Morning Song
Caleb, Paul, and Jamie Paul’s band Hickory Stand recently played Morningsong at the John C. Campbell Folk School. I’m sharing…
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It Might Be An Orange Cushaw
Blind Pig reader Bill Dotson may have solved my winter squash mystery. Bill said it looked like an orange cushaw…
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Strange Winter Squash
Our winter squash didn’t do well last summer because of the dry weather. This year we’ve had ample rain but…
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More School Memories
Old Martins Creek School I attended Town Creek Elementary and we had three grades in my classroom. There were four…
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Pap’s School Days
Pap is the first boy on the left in the second row – Martins Creek School Schools in our area…
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All Sulled Up
Photo courtesy of Southern Appalachian Digital Collections sull (also sull up) verb, verb phrase, To sulk, pout act or become…
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Betty Jean’s Cucumber Relish
A few years ago family friend Betty Jean Hogan showed Corie and me how to make cucumber relish. Betty Jean…
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Wish I Had a Big Moon Pie
Today’s post was written by Paul. Today I’m sharing a fun song composed by good friend, Wayde Powell, II. My…
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Useful Presents
I like useful gifts. You’ll often hear people joke that husbands should never give their wife a vacuum cleaner or…
