Spreading The Love For July
Time to Spread the Love for July. I’m sending a great big THANK YOU to each Acorn who took the…
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Mountain Folk
Over the past few months, I’ve been dwelling on the ever shrinking remnant of the the rich Appalachian Culture. Honestly-the traditions that are still…
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Civil War Letter 3
In this third letter of the packet-Penland writes of the actual fighting for the first time. As he writes-you can…
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Glory Mountain
The girls and I have spent the last week in the mountains of Haywood County NC. We’ve watched Gunslingers battle it…
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The Three Indian Princesses Move To New Territory
The Three Indians Princesses have been forced to move their summer camp to higher ground…higher covered ground. Granny’s back porch….
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Pickled Beans And Corn – The Old Time Way
The first time I ever tasted Pickled Beans and Corn was back in the day when The Deer Hunter and…
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Canning By The Zodiac Signs
We’ve already talked about how the Zodiac Signs dictate the time to plant your garden-but what about telling you when…
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Making Blackberry Jelly – The Old Time Way
Blackberry-is by far my favorite kind of jelly. I remember eating peanut butter and blackberry jelly sandwiches as an after…
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Blind Pig & The Acorn’s Corn Test Runs Into Trouble
As I’ve walked through my yard over the past few days I’ve seen great beauty-like White Lilies that smell soooo…
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Old Dogs, Children, and Watermelon Wine
My earliest memory of Tom T. Hall-is his classic song The Year That Clayton Delaney Died. My older brother, Steve,…
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Cooking Squash In Appalachia
The typical way to cook squash in Appalachia-is fried. The actual procedure of frying is varied from cook to cook….
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 9
Time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test Eat up Evening Et Far Fer Eat up-bite badly, consume. “I swear the…
