Bleached Apples?
This is the season for apples in Appalachia. I’ve made applesauce, apple jelly, and apple preserves. Most years I dry…
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The Pressley Girls’ First CD…It’s Almost Here!
The Pressley Girls – CD photo shoot 2017 It seems like it was only yesterday that I was stirring around…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Granny’s Zinnas
I’ve never seen Granny’s zinnas as pretty as they are this year. She saves her seeds from year to…
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Fail Not
“When I was helping clean out my great-aunt’s house after she died, we found an envelope with a lock of…
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Hello Andy!
Today’s guest post was written by David Templeton. Hello, Andy! ….… Hello, Davo! … Le’me outta here!. Le’me outta…
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Finding A Place To Quit In Junaluska – Cherokee County NC
Alvin and Tipper – September 2017 A few days back I had the great good fortune to spend a…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Yellow Jewelweed
The orange colored jewelweed grows all over my mountain holler, but I’ve never seen the yellow variety until this…
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Harricun
hurricane nounA variant forms harricane, harricun, herrycane.1942 Hall Phonetics 42 [harik’n].B1 A severe windstorm.1834 Crockett Narrative 150 In the morning…
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Overheard
“All I had to play with was a stick and a pile of dirt and that was enough.” ——————-…
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Feeling like Fall
Late summer days make me long for the first heavy frost. The cool air the mountains of western North…
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Labor Day Labor
The Blind Pig family spent Labor Day laboring. The girls have several landscaping jobs in Brasstown. They maintain the…
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Adam’s Needle
Miss Cindy’s blooming Adam’s needle Adam’s needle noun A yucca plant (Yucca filamentosa or Yucca smalliana). Cf bear grass. 1940…
