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…
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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….
