Everyday Joy
I Have Found Such Joy I have found such joy in simple things:A plain, clean room, a nut-brown loaf of…
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Coldest January in Years
Weather folks are saying this is the coldest January the US has seen in years. The temperatures have me wanting…
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Makin’s From Corn and Cornmeal
If bread lies at the heart of Appalachian culinary ways, baked goods using cornmeal can sort of be reckoned the…
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All I Do Is Hang My Head And Cry
Today’s post was written by Paul. Smiley Burnette and Gene Autry The song I’m sharing today is from 1942. In…
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Riddle 50
I’m sharing another riddle from Way Down Yonder on Troublesome Creek Appalachian Riddles & Rusties by James Still. Opens like a pocketbook,Closes…
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Tom Tricken Tracken
When I was little my Nanna use to recite this little rhyme to me… I climbed up stimber stammer,I looked…
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My First Planting of 2025
I have officially planted the first seeds of 2025. Back in 2021 I had a mystery flower grow right up…
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Snow On the Ground Still
Even though our recent snow wasn’t a big one it is still hanging around. The snow has melted around the…
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Rime Covered Mountains
Home and rime-covered mountains A fenced-in home sits in a clearing with rime-covered mountains in the background. This photograph was…
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Snow Cream Recipe
SNOW CREAM While most parts of the Appalachian South get at least some snowfall on an annual basis, a sho’…
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Beautiful Morning Glory
Today’s post was written by Paul. Morning Glories happen to be my favorite flower. Around here, they grow wild around…
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I Got A Little Snow
We only got a small amount of snow, but I love it so much I’ll take it. The accumulation was…
