Planting by the Signs for June 2025
There’s a few things we’d still like to plant in this year’s garden. The main thing is a few watermelons….
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Cherry-Muscadine Jelly
Today’s guest post was written by Ed Ammons. Middle jar is Cherry-Muscadine Jelly Ed gifted us. It is delicious! I…
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What a Friend We have in Jesus (with Granny)
Today’s post was written by Paul. Granny and I have always loved the beautiful, true hymn “What a Friend We…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 184
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases….
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Spring Time Ritual
One of my most treasured memories of my Mississippi home “The Roebuck Place” is our spring time ritual. We would…
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The Garden is Thriving
The ample rain our area has received has the garden thriving. Last week I took a photo of our bean…
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Drinking from a Gourd
Photo from Southern Appalachian Digital Collections taken by by Edgar S. Purdom Traveling from Pineville to Harlan, Kentucky, a gentleman…
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A Story for Memorial Day
Yesterday I was reminded of a guest post Jim Casada wrote back in 2012. I decided to reshare it today….
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Memorial Day 2025
Back in 2009 the Moving Wall Memorial exhibit came to Murphy. The girls’ school had a field trip planned to…
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Please Come Back, Little Pal
Today’s post was written by Paul. Tipper and Paul When I shared “Black Board of My Heart,” I was really…
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Gospel Singing
LC Chastain and Tipper, Gospel Singing Martins Creek Community Center 2008 A few years ago I did a series of…
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Plumb Wore Out
Recently we worked all day in the big garden. There was much to do. We hoed the corn and fertilized…
