Want Tickets To JCCFS’s 2016 Fall Festival? I’ve Got some to Giveaway!
As most of you already know, the John C. Campbell Folk School plays a huge role in our lives. I…
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Dinner on the Grounds
dinner on the ground(s) noun phrase An outdoor meal in connection with a church meeting or revival. In the 1930s…
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September is here
In This Solemn Season September is here; the year leans into fall. Soon the leaves will turn and glow, Their…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Helping Skim the Syrup
The girls had the opportunity to help skim as sorghum syrup was being made at the Burnette Farm in Haywood…
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Spaghetti Squash Casserole
I didn’t plant spaghetti squash this year…but I grew several. I made a new bed in the backyard thinking it…
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Way Back in the Mountains
This post was originally published here on the Blind Pig and The Acorn back in 2012. And in case you’re…
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Overheard
“He was laying there on the blanket stretched out like a shoat in the sunshine.” Tipper Overheard: snippets of conversation I overhear…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Fall is Afoot
I sense fall is afoot even though the days are still burning hot and there’s still plenty of green to go…
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Put = Lots of Things in Appalachia
In Appalachia we use the word put in the following ways: as a verb meaning to propose or to start:…
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Asheville Daily Gazette Tuesday October 23, 1900
Bad road from Murphy to Brasstown Asheville Daily Gazette Tuesday October 23, 1900 We made a trip to Brasstown last…
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How do You Pick Your Apples?
As I told you yesterday this is the largest apple crop we’ve ever harvested. Our trees are several years old…
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How to Make Apple Preserves
Apple Preserves – From the Ball Blue Book of Preserving 6 cups sliced apples that have been peeled 1 cup…
