Deviled Eggs
Deviled eggs are always present at any special meal in Appalachia-from holidays to funerals you can count on a plate…
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Overheard
Overheard: “I wish you could remember the song because I like to sing about going to the mill. Not many…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – White And Yellow Octobers
For as long as I can remember, come fall of the year, Granny has white and yellow mums (chrysanthemums) growing…
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Roasting Sunflower Seeds
It’s been a few years since we grew sunflowers but I hope to remedy that next summer. One of The…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Keeping Locks Of Hair
Over the weekend the girls and I were in clean out mode. We were going through boxes of stuff that…
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Let The Midnight Special Shine On Me
Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Lead Belly was born in the late 1800’s and lived until 1949. He is considered an important…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Teenage Drivers
I don’t do much driving these days-I have 2 chauffeurs who are always at the ready to take me where…
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What’s The Deal About Deviled Food?
I never thought of deviled food in the sense that it was ‘of the Devil’ or spooky in anyway whatsoever….
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Cast Iron Frying Pans
When I was growing up, most of our food was cooked in a cast iron frying pan. Oh Granny used…
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What Were You Afraid Of When You Were A Child?
With Halloween just around the corner, this is the time of the year folks start thinking about ghosts, witches, and…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 59
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test-take it and see how you do. Gald Galoot Garb Gather up Gob…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Saving Seeds
“Saving seeds…That is exactly how my Aunts, Grandmother, and Mother saved seeds. Usually in a long white envelope…sometimes a used…
