Appalachia Through My Eyes – Cold Spring
I believe all my talk of spring last week-made old man winter mad. This week he’s decided to come back…
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How To Make A Smoker
If you guessed The Deer Hunter was building a smoker-you were right! Several years ago, one of Papaw Tony’s friends…
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What Is It?
The Deer Hunter has been working mighty hard on a new project. As you can see from the photo-he’s done…
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Every Knee Shall Bow
Pap has written hundreds of songs over the years. I’ve always liked the songs he writes, but as I get…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Lady Bugs
Lady bug lady bug fly away home; Bring me good weather whenever you come. When I used to clean houses-several…
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Spring Has Sprung – At Least According To The Calendar
Only a week ago, it seemed spring had indeed sprung-now not so much. Although the calendar tells me Spring has arrived-my…
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Spring Peeper – Spring Cheeper
A toad frog that lived under our back deck one summer. Excerpt from Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English: Spring cheeper, spring…
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Spring Tonic
Excerpt from Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English: Spring tonic noun A home medicine taken in early spring and purported to purge…
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Spring Lizard
Excerpt from Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English: 1995 Adams Come Go Home 2 We had turned over rocks in the…
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‘Spring’ In The Appalachian Language
The last few days have felt like Spring here in Southern Appalachia and according to the calendar Spring arrives for…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Arsh Potatoes
Last night for supper we had: grilled barbecue ribs, pickled beans and corn, and baked arsh potatoes. It was all…
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Wear Green Or Be Pinched!
St. Patrick’s Day is set aside to honor St. Patrick, who was born around 385 C.E. As a young man…
