Appalachia Through My Eyes – The Music can Continue
Oh the thoughts that have been running through my mind since last Tuesday when Pap died. We’ve all been on…
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Far Side Banks of Jordan
Granny and Pap Thanksgiving 2015 Pap and Granny’s 52 Wedding Anniversary would have been tomorrow. That’s a whole lot of years….
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When Pap was a Boy
Benjamin (Bird) Wilson and John Mule The other day Pap and I made a trip over to Blairsville GA….
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I’m Traveling the Road that Leads Home
Photo of Pap courtesy of Ed M. Just Going Home written by Jerry Wilson I may be bowed down with…
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Jerry Marshall Wilson 1937 – 2016
Jerry Marshall Wilson, 78, of Brasstown passed away Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at his residence. He was a native and…
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Appalachian Sayings – Hemmed and Hawed
Quit hemming and hawing and play something! —————– If you look in the dictionary for hem and haw you’ll find…
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Granny’s Quick Coconut Pie
When Granny wanted to whip up something sweet to go with supper but didn’t have much time, she’d make a…
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Who Will Sing For Me?
Who Will Sing For Me? Oft I sing for my friends When death’s cold hand they see But when I…
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The Legend of Abraham Lincoln and WNC
Photo from the NCGenWeb Project All my life I’ve heard the legend that Abraham Lincoln was not the son of Thomas…
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Overheard
“It was dark and we were standing on the top edge of a walled bank. He clambered off down the…
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Do You Know What the Word Make Means?
Jan Sullivan left the following comment on yesterday’s April in Pigeon Roost Post: “I love the Foxfire books, and I…
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April in Pigeon Roost
The 1974 Winter Edition of the Foxfire Magazine contains a compilation of newspaper articles written by Harvey Miller. At the…
