Reaching for the Sunshine
The other evening I was walking up the hill from Granny and Pap’s when I noticed a Blackberry briar growing…
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Sow True Seed Cucumber Reporting @ Large Update
I finally manged to get my Sow True Seed Reporting @ Large Cucumber varieties planted. At the end of a…
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Appalachian Sayings – Spitting Image
Chitter, Pap, and Chatter spitting image = looks just like someone There are lots of folks who can’t tell the…
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How do You Eat Green Onions?
This time of the year is the best for eating green onions. I swear a green onion straight from the…
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At the Name of Jesus
Pap picking on Granny Gazzie’s front porch – Ranger, NC Pap has written tons of songs over the years. I…
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Blind Pig and The Acorn News
Next week I’ll be attending the annual Wilderness Wildlife Week held in Pigeon Forge TN. I’m honored to have been…
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The Rolling Store from Days Gone by
Pap is the boy kneeling in front. The rest of the gang are his cousins: Katie Mae, Billy, George,…
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Gravel Weed – Trailing Arbutus
gravelweed noun The trailing arbutus (Epigaea repens). Same as Easter flower 1. 1943 Stupka Through the Year 274 However, on…
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Tales from the Tree – from 50 WNC Women Writers
Granny, Paul, and Tipper 1974 Mother Creator written by Nancy Dillingham Mother who made me in warm womb I thank…
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Conniption Fit
conniption fit = an angry tirade ——————- Usually someone either pitches a conniption fit, throws a conniption fit or has a…
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How Pap and Granny Make Kraut
Granny and Pap make kraut in the jar. While Pap chops the cabbage Granny sterilizes the jar. I have…
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Mother’s Day without Pap
The Deer Hunter, Chatter, Chitter, and I planted the rest of Granny’s garden for her Mother’s Day gift. It might…
