It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
In 1849 Pastor Dr. Edmond Sears wrote a Christmas message for his congregation in Wayland, Massachusetts. The message included the…
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Giveaway Winners
The handy dandy number generator helped me pick winners for the 2 giveaways held earlier this week here on the…
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I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Have you ever heard something through the grapevine? I bet you have. I’ve heard the phrase I heard it through…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Silage
Farmers in Brasstown have been busy cutting silage. The dump trucks used to haul the silage have sprinkled the roads…
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Places – Why Are They Called What They Are?
Yesterday I traveled with Pap out to Asheville. As he often does he entertained me with tales from yesteryear. One…
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Recent Grannyisms
If you look in the left side-bar of this page-you’ll see a link to my Grannyisms-page. I’ve been collecting memories-precious, funny, and inspiring…
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It’s Christmas In My Car
It’s Christmas in my car. A couple of years ago, Pap and Paul put out the cd Songs of Christmas-a…
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Just Going Home
Photo of Pap courtesy of Ed M. Sometimes it seems like I have a string of aggravations all in one…
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I Say Say Do You?
A few weeks ago a coworker mentioned she’d been enjoying my Appalachian Vocabulary Tests. She said even though she wasn’t…
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Overheard
Overheard: “You know what my favorite two letters of the alphabet are? I and U.” Tipper Overheard: snippets of conversation I overhear…
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2 Upright Stones On The Hillside
Today’s guestpost was written by Ed Ammons. Two Upright Stones on the Hillside written by Ed Ammons. There are…
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If You Play A Record Backwards You Might Hear Satan
Did you ever hear the old wives tale about how you could play certain records backwards and hear Satan? When…
