Okry-Okree-Okra
Today’s guest post was written by Ed Ammons. Last fall I stripped all three inches of topsoil off my little…
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Moonshine and Snakes
I think I just might love the old words as much as you. To me so many of them bring…
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September in Pigeon Roost 6
The 1974 Winter Edition of the Foxfire Magazine contains a compilation of newspaper articles written by Harvey Miller. At the time of…
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Fried Pies
Over the weekend I put up apples. I dried them in my dehydrator. I used the peels and cores to…
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The Lover’s Waltz
Several years ago the girls learned the Jay Ungar fiddle tune “The Lover’s Waltz” for a wedding. It’s a beautiful…
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Did You Ever Sit On Your Fist?
“As kids, if we told our mother we were tired or wanted a chair. She would say “sit down on…
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Joe On The Hill
My hillside neighbor was old school. Even my grandson referred to him as “joe on the hill.” He spoke of not…
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Fireball in the Sky
In the early morning of August 30 a fireball flew across the sky of Western NC and then went on…
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Planting by the Signs for September 2024
Rattlesnake beans I’m sharing the best planting days for September in this post, but we likely won’t plant anything. Our…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Family Together Again
Mary and Granny Geneaive (Granny’s sister who is deceased), Granny, and Mary Since Granny’s family was large with many siblings,…
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Putting Up For Winter
1940 – Part of the canned goods and home grown vegetables in the new storage house of Mr. And Mrs….
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Down to the River to Pray
Baptism on Fires or Tusquitee Creek by Gideon Thomas Laney – Southern Appalachian Digital Collections The movie Brother Where Art Thou…
