Spreading the Love for April
It’s that time again-time to Spread the Love to the Acorns! I thank each one of you who left a comment…
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How’s The World Treating You
As long as I can remember, I’ve been surrounded by music-I’m the little girl in the picture above. Pap is in…
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Pap And The Big Rock
Pap and his buddies found much mischief to get into when they were kids. Most of the time no harm was done….
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Say What?
Every once in a while-an old saying bubbles up from my consciousness and flows straight out of my mouth. It…
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Dogwood Winter
Here, in the Southern Highlands of Appalachia, we have been experiencing Dogwood Winter. Each spring there is a cold spell…
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I Shall Not Be Moved
I Shall Not Be Moved is a song I grew up singing in church-one I always enjoyed. I knew it…
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Spring Water
Several months ago-when I first started thinking about the old springs around my mountain holler-I went to see my Uncle Henry….
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Hunting Pap’s Spring
After writing the post on gravity fed spring water-I wanted to see the old spring again-so the girls and I went looking for…
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On Mountain Water
On Mountain Water by David Templeton One of Life’s greatest pleasures for me is wading and swimming in some sweet…
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Gravity Fed Spring Water In Appalachia
Water-sometimes we take it for granted-the way it magically falls from our faucets or appears on store shelves we visit. For most…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 6
Time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. Clutterment Cut a dido/rusty Cuttin up Coon Country Clutterment-clutter, mess, debris. “The…
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Hard Freeze Warning
A hard freeze warning has been issued, for the following 2 nights, for much of the South. This means my…hostas will…
