Pumpkin Biscuits = YUM
I’ve been putting up my Sow True Seed Small Sugar Pumpkins over the last several days. So cute you almost…
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Every Person Has a Place
The excerpt I shared a few days ago about Dorie being homesick reminded me of the song The Hills that I…
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Falling off the Mountain
Logging Train – Photo Credit: NPS Archives “We hadn’t been there long when a log train, going past with a loader…
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Pap Talks about Logging
After we had the pines cut above our house, Chatter asked Pap to talk about how many times the area…
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Eldorado
“Fred and I were at Three Forks for three months before we were told to move to Eldorado. The…
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Norwegian Wharf Rats in the Smoky Mountains?
Logging Company Houses in Elkmont Credit: NPS Archives “Summer brought a phenomenon never seen in the mountains. We awoke one morning…
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My Favorite Logging Story
I couldn’t quit talking about logging without telling you about my favorite logging story of all time: Dorie Woman of…
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Pimento Cheese
Do you believe I never tasted Pimento Cheese until I met The Deer Hunter? I don’t ever remember Granny buying…
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Logging Railroads
Sunburst logging town (present day Lake Logan) I became interested in logging railroads when I worked at Lake Logan in…
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Logging Vocabulary
I often come across words related to logging in my Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English. Most of the time its…
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Cutting Trees
When we first moved in, 20 years ago, we had lots of trees right up close to the house and…
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Falling the Tree
fall transitive verb To fell a tree using a broad axe or felling axe (esp in phrs fall a tree,…
