Dividing Flowers
After the Jonquils came into full bloom one early Spring, I remember my Granny standing on the porch. Her big…
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Chicken Feathers & Passing of Time
chickens today, feathers tomorrowA saying among hillfolk roughly equivalent to “here today, gone tomorrow,” or life is short. “He shook…
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Spring and Children’s Competitions
Rooster fight-A children’s competition of various kinds, esp to pull the stems of violets against one another to determine which…
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Planting by the Signs for April 2025
Our spring plantings are coming right along. The peppers and tomatoes are safe in the green house until true warm…
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Finally Making Good Fried Chicken
After 30 years of marriage I finally managed to make delicious fried chicken last week. It was so good I…
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Skyball Paint
Today’s post was written by Paul. As promised, here’s a story song in which no one dies and nothing sad…
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March Flowers
In Choestoe, we called forsythia “March Flowers” (to indicate the month they bloomed there). Tipper (and others) call them “Yellow Bells.” Whatever…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 182
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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Pulp Wood Cutters
When I mentioned pulp wood cutters in yesterday’s post, Ed Ammons pointed out that everyone might not know the definition…
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Stories from the Shed Build
We’ve been pecking away at building a shed we should have built 30 years ago. I’m not much help to…
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One Brown Bean
Today’s guest post was written by Ed Ammons. A few years ago I asked Tipper for a start of her…
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Old Recipe for Cornpone
A month or so ago Teresa from West Virginia sent me an old cornpone recipe that has been passed down…
