5 Things
1. The girls finished up another amazing week at John C. Campbell Folk School’s annual Dance Musicians Week. They were…
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Leather Britches
leather britches, leather britches beans noun Green beans put on a thread or string (as at a bean stringing), dried…
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Summertime in Appalachia
It’s summertime in Southern Appalachia. The sun is beating down like the oven door has been left open or someone…
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Overheard
“It’s hotter than 4 barrel hell. I’m ready for blue snow to be flying.” ——————- Tipper Overheard: snippets of conversation I…
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The Owl is Still in Wilson Holler
Several years ago I shared a story about a plastic owl with you. The fake owl is still alive…
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Have You Been Hearing the Katydids?
Have you been hearing the katydids at night? We’ve been hearing their chatter for a few weeks now. Granny and…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 102
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear some of the words….
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How Bad a Liar is He?
“I’m telling you he’s such a liar he’s got to get somebody else to call his hogs!” Other noteworthy liar…
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The Easiest Salad
Come summer, you can count on Granny having a simple salad of cucumbers, onions, and tomatoes in her frig or…
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Until Then
Pap and Paul playing in Gainesville GA Paul’s still working through old music recordings and videos of Pap. He’s been…
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Appalachia Draws You Back
“Even if you have lived most of your life “off”, there is something that draws you back here if you…
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Wandering Back in Time
1940s era Nehi soda bottle found up the creek Back when I first started writing here on the Blind Pig…
