Mama’s Angels
Today’s post was written by Paul. Today I’m sharing a song in honor of Charlie Louvin’s birthday. I had about…
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Overheard
A durn yearling jumped out in front of him about dark. He like to have hit it. It woulda tore…
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The Sounds of Summer-Day and Night
Summer is in full swing in the mountains of Appalachia. The green blanket that is laying everywhere is startling and…
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Don’t Let Us Drown
“Lord, if our ship sinks, don’t let us drown.” My great grandmother had this written in her address book; it’s…
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Pap and Wild Grapes
fox grape noun A woody vine (Vitis labrusca) that bears small, edible grapes green in color but later turning brown. Same as possum…
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From the Archives: Grapes and Fox Grapes-Juice and Jelly
August 25, 2009 Both grape juice and grape jelly were two of the items we “put up” on our farm…
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Fox Grape Jelly
Wild Fox Grapes (unripe) FOX GRAPE JELLY In my family at least, and study of regional cookbooks suggests this is…
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Summertime
We still haven’t gotten any rain, but nonetheless summer is in full force in the southern mountains of Appalachia. The…
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Small Amount of Rain
We had a good chance of rain yesterday evening. The thunder pounded and the lightning flashed. It went from being…
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Big Toe Little Toe That’s All I Know
Kenneth Roper Paula and Al came up and got their 5 boxes of tomatoes awhile ago. I got 3 boxes…
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Happy 4th of July 2024
When the Glorious Fourth Was a Rip-Snorter written by John Parris. Joe L. Hartley, The 90-Year Old Apostle of Grandfather Mountain,…
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Wild Pink Phlox
Carolina Phlox Polemoniaceae (Phlox Family) The wild phlox that grows around my mountain holler is in full bloom. The flower…
