First Real Taste of Fall of the Year
Over the last few days we’ve had our first real taste of fall of the year. The cool weather that…
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Good Eating
“When growing up we, had to eat what was put on the table, or go without. So we ate what…
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The Last Song Pap Recorded
We’ve been pleased by the response to Paul’s latest cd which is a compilation of Pap’s original songs plus five…
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Overheard
“Momma’s afraid he’d pitch in the water so she’d make me go with him. Well if he did pitch in…
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The Beauty of Joe-Pye Weed or Queen of the Meadow
I have never seen the joe-pye weed growing in our yard as pretty as it is this year. I just…
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Some of These Days
some of these days (also some of these times) adverb phrase Someday, sometime, one day coming.1863 Tesch CW Letters (Dec…
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From the Archives: Appalachia’s Storytelling Culture
September 16, 2021 Storytelling is a huge component of Appalachian culture, you might even say it’s the cornerstone of the…
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Pap Never Mowed the Yard
Pap was one of the hardest working people I’ve ever known. We all agreed he didn’t work hard just because…
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Crowder Peas
I’ve never known for sure what the “proper” name for these members of the legume family is. In the Casada…
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I Looked All Over Heaven
Today’s post was written by Paul. Pap and Granny “I Looked All Over Heaven” is a song that Granny and…
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Train Comments from Yesterday’s Post
I enjoyed all the comments left on yesterday’s post about the humorous train story. Here are two that I wanted…
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Trains and Neighborliness
“That makes me think of another funny story. An old mountain man up here had heard that the train had…
