Thankful November 2023
It’s hard for me to believe the month of November is here. I don’t know where in the world the…
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Trails to Tombstones
Today’s guest post was written by Jim Casada. Color me morbid, ghoulish, or simply strange, but I have always been…
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A Taste of Fall – Pumpkin Cream Cheese Danish
A couple of weeks ago I was hankering for a taste of fall of the year. My mind immediately went…
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From the Archives: Let the Lower Lights be Burning
January 10, 2016 Pap and Paul have been fooling around with the old song “Let the Lower Lights be Burning”…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 170
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases….
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Names from the Newspaper
When Daddy came home after serving in the Army during World War II, he and Mama rented their first little home…
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Gaelic influence in Appalachia?
I received the following question from Jarrad Holcombe. This may seem like an odd question. Have you ever heard anything…
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Apples Drying in the Sun
Photo courtesy of Western Carolina University Southern Appalachian Digital CollectionsTo see an enlarged version visit this page and click on photo. Apples drying…
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Traditional Mountain Character Traits
Today’s guest post was written by Jim Casada. Tipper’s Papaw Wade Wilson In her often overlooked book, Spirit of the…
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Making Salt Pork
Today’s guest post was written by Ed Ammons. This is a picture of my latest experiment with pork belly. I…
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It’s Gone Like a Candle in the Wind
One of the places Pap lived when he was a boy “Gone Like A Candle In The Wind” written by Leroy…
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Mary Wiggins – Deep Creek NC
Transcript from Appalachian English website. [W = Mary Wiggins; FW = Fate Wiggins; i = Interviewer Joseph Hall] [The other…
