Appalachia Through My Eyes – Creek and Holler Folks
Creek and holler folks is one of many synonyms used to describe people who live in the mountains. A few…
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Way Up In The Middle Of The Night
The other morning Granny asked The Deer Hunter if he heard someone shooting way up in the middle of the…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Brasstown
Brasstown is all a buzz with the preparations for the biggest doings of the year: the John C. Campbell…
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Appalachian Sayings – All Vines And No Taters
all vines an’ no taters Used to describe something or someone very showy but of no substance. “He’ll never…
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Canned Sweet Apples
I came across this apple recipe in the cookbook Mountain Cooking written by John Parris. When I read it I…
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Wish You Could Have Been At The Concert!
We always have a great time when we perform at the Historic Union County Courthouse, but somehow our recent…
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Storing Onions
We never grow onions to store through the winter. We plant the type of onions that are best eaten as…
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Getting Scratched By Sawbriers
Have you ever gotten tangled up in a sawbrier? I have and let me tell you it hurts like the…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 104
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear some of the words and…
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You Can Save Your Flower Seeds
One day this week I came by to see Granny after work. She was waist high in her zinna patch,…
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Have You Ever Been To Suit?
Reverend William Thomas Truett (I think!) – Henry Truett’s Father – Suit NC A Place Named Suit written by John Parris…
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Happy Birthday To The Girls!
Twenty one years ago today I was laying in a Gainesville GA hospital staring at The Deer Hunter and…
