How Sneezing Helps
All I know is that sometimes a good ole fashioned sneeze seems to help re-align the planets. —Ken Roper I’m…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Fall Roses
fall rose noun A zinnia.1925 Furman Glass Window 237 She carried in her hand a large bunch of zinnias. “Miss…
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Lamplighted Revival Service
Vanhook Church is located not too far over the Georgia line on Spur 60 headed towards Mineral Bluff. I had…
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The Month of October
Today’s guest post was written by Jim Casada AN ODE TO OCTOBER John Parris, one of my favorite mountain writers…
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Clabbered Milk Memories
I grew up on a farm with several milk cows, we always had at least three of them “in production”,…
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From the Archives: Where We’ll Never Grow Old
February 4, 2018 Pap – photo by Chitter We went on a long hike yesterday. We tramped up steep mountain…
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Getting Het Up
2019 Doonhammer “Het up” Being told not to get het up. Meaning “Don’t lose your temper.” South West Scotland expression….
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Old Power Saw & Memories
The Deer Hunter has been working on a set of steps to get up to the raised beds we put…
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The Excitement of a Train
Photo courtesy of Western Carolina University Southern Appalachian Digital CollectionsTo see an enlarged version visit this page and click on photo. Arrival of…
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First Frost of the Year
Over the weekend we had the first frost of the year. Although colder weather was forecasted, the frost wasn’t and…
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Today’s the Day
Tipper, Granny, Paul, and Steve Today’s the day Granny’s treatments officially start. I’ve been wishing the day would come so…
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Cold Weather & Hog Killing
Photo courtesy of Western Carolina University Southern Appalachian Digital Collections I remember us killing hogs…I remember the big tree in the…
