Memorial Day 2024
Pap raised my brothers and me to fully understand that our freedom didn’t happen without great loss. Memorial Day always…
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Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown with Paul
Today’s post was written by Paul. Happy Memorial Day! I thought the old song “Will There Be Any Stars In…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Groundhogs Making Coffee
As the mountains put on their summer clothes each year I’m startled by their beauty. The mountains are always there,…
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The First Time I Went to Hazel Creek
2010 – 8th Grade Field Trip The first time I went to Hazel Creek was on an 8th grade field…
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Walking Home in the Dark
Yesterday after supper we walked down to Austin and Chatter’s to eat a piece of key lime pie and help…
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The Desire to Grow
Over the weekend when we were stogging around Hazel Creek I noticed the least maple tree growing on a log….
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Yellow Flag
Over the weekend I got to visit the Hazel Creek section of Swain County. My it is beautiful country! I’ve…
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Creamed Peas & New Potatoes
Both peas and potatoes have long been favorites in mountain gardens, and for many generations the latter, thanks to a…
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I’d Rather Have Jesus
A couple of weeks ago the choir at church sang the hymn “I’d Rather Have Jesus.” My cousin Maria sings…
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Riddle 48
I’m sharing another riddle from Way Down Yonder on Troublesome Creek Appalachian Riddles & Rusties by James Still. Nobody under the shining…
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Teasing Children
Chatter and Chitter A few weeks back a dear lady named Brenda sent me a newspaper clipping she found in…
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Pouring the Rain
“Pouring the rain’ instead of ‘pouring down’ or ‘pouring down with rain’ must be an ‘Appalachianism’, to coin a phrase….
