Sing that one about that Ole Boy that went and got in Trouble
The Pressley Girls – Fall 2016 Marble, NC We’ve been learning the Steeldrivers song If it hadn’t been for Love for the…
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Funny Rabbits
Chitter snapped this picture out her bedroom window. Mr. Cottontail pranced back and forth so long that we decided he…
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Mountain Ivy = Mountain Laurel = Rhododendron
ivy noun (also ivy bush, ivy tree) The mountain laurel tree (Kalmia latifolia). Same as calico bush, mountain ivy. 1883…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 100
The Deer Hunter and Pap talking over the garden – 2012 It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing…
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The Mountain Ivy is Blooming
Over the past week, the Ivy around my house has started to bloom. If Ivy makes you think of the green vine…
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5 Things
1. The Deer Hunter got to take a blacksmithing class at the John C. Campbell Folk School and boy did he…
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Our Mother’s Day Meal
Yesterday we cooked a Mother’s Day supper for Granny and Miss Cindy. As I was cooking, I wondered if there…
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Mother’s Day in Appalachia
Tipper and Chitter In Appalachia Mother’s Day is bouquets of flowers for the kitchen table and hanging baskets and…
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Granny Sue’s Mother
Today’s guest post was written by Susanna Holstein. Mom, always the English lady. “Marigolds are pretty, but they have…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – The Theatre
Over 1200 elementary students recently watched a professional theatre show at a college in Appalachia. Tipper Appalachia Through My Eyes –…
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Jacob’s Onions
Jacob’s onion noun A green onion. 1975 Purkey Madison Co 53-54 A variety of vegetables grew in long neat rows;…
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Guess what? Chatter and Chitter Graduated from College!
Last weekend the girls graduated from college. They can barely believe they made it through…I can barely believe I have children…
