Strange Winter Squash
Our winter squash didn’t do well last summer because of the dry weather. This year we’ve had ample rain but…
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More School Memories
Old Martins Creek School I attended Town Creek Elementary and we had three grades in my classroom. There were four…
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Pap’s School Days
Pap is the first boy on the left in the second row – Martins Creek School Schools in our area…
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All Sulled Up
Photo courtesy of Southern Appalachian Digital Collections sull (also sull up) verb, verb phrase, To sulk, pout act or become…
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Betty Jean’s Cucumber Relish
A few years ago family friend Betty Jean Hogan showed Corie and me how to make cucumber relish. Betty Jean…
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Wish I Had a Big Moon Pie
Today’s post was written by Paul. Today I’m sharing a fun song composed by good friend, Wayde Powell, II. My…
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Useful Presents
I like useful gifts. You’ll often hear people joke that husbands should never give their wife a vacuum cleaner or…
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August in Pigeon Roost 2
The 1974 Winter Edition of the Foxfire Magazine contains a compilation of newspaper articles written by Harvey Miller. At the…
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Planting Flowers With Abandon
The flowers I planted with abandon earlier this summer are just beautiful! They didn’t turn out exactly like I had…
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Appalachian Heritage Week
The John C. Campbell Folk School will hold it’s annual Appalachian Heritage Week August 17-23. All classes offered that week…
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First Taste of Fall a Month Early
Like many of you we’ve had a delicious taste of fall like weather over the last few days. The heatwave…
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Granny’s Tomato-Cucumber Salad
GRANNY’S TOMATO-CUCUMBER SALAD Tomato dicedOnion dicedCucumber dicedToss all ingredients together in bowl. Season with salt and pepper and chill for…
