Thankful November – Straw Tick Beds (& Photos of Fairy Crosses)
Mrs. Pearl Martin: “I’ve got two feather beds and a straw bed. I’m goin’t’keep that straw bed as along as…
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Thankful November – Fairy Crosses
“The Fairy Crosses” Brasstown Even the Fairies in the Great Smokies wept when Christ died. And the tears they spilled…
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Thankful November – 12 Biscuits a Day
It seems like each time we visit Aunt Nora, she’s in the kitchen cooking. She always has a basket of…
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Thankful November – True Gold
Eldorado was named by a mountain man who had journeyed to the far West in search of gold. After not…
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Thankful November – Appalachian Food
The cookbook Jim Casada and I wrote, Celebrating Southern Appalachian Food – Recipes & Stories from Mountain Kitchens continues to…
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There’s A New Moon Over My Shoulder
Today’s post was written by Paul. In this week’s “Old Timey Tuesday” I shared the old song “There’s a New…
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Thankful November – Winter Activities
Over the week ends we’d go to Tiber where we’d cut holes in the ice and gig fish. The boys…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 189
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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Thankful November 2025
There have been many blessings this year and we are thankful for all of them. From the house we live…
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We Grew One Watermelon
We grew one watermelon this year and it was a volunteer. We never have good luck with watermelons or cantaloupes,…
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Pap’s Spooky Walk in the Moonlight
When Pap was about nine years old his family lived on the road just before the one we live on now…
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Potato Soup
Throughout much of Appalachia, the standard remedy when someone has the mollygrubs (feels poorly) is not chicken soup but potato…
