Memorial Day 2023
Pap raised my brothers and I to fully understand that our freedom didn’t happen without great loss. Memorial Day always…
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Tipper’s Baptizing
Pastor Hoyt Brown with arm raised in prayer; Pastor Aud Brown with head bowed;small child in white Tipper Pressley; Pastor…
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Appalachian Sayings in the Mail
Grandpa Dave McKinney (not my grandpa, but a subscriber’s) A few weeks ago I received a dandy list of Appalachian…
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Marbles
My brother was a CHAMPION marble player. The superintendent of our school (grades 1-12), had to make a rule against…
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Fires’s Creek
Photo courtesy of Western Carolina University Southern Appalachian Digital Collections Baptism at Fires Creek Gideon Thomas Laney (1889-1976), also known as…
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Pretty Roses
Miss Cindy’s rose bush There’s a rose bush just outside Miss Cindy’s front door. It’s put on a spectacular show…
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My Life in Appalachia – Planting Potato Peels
For as long as I can remember Granny has saved her potato peelings and planted them in the spring of…
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A Traditional Plate of Food
As I filled my supper plate last night I realized everything I fixed is represented in the cookbook Jim Casada…
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Pap & Paul Sing about Whippoorwills
Pap and Paul sung several Delmore Brothers’ songs. The Delmores wrote some mighty fine songs so it’s easy to see…
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Country Stores
Had a little country store up there. You’d take the eggs up there. He made one trip to Canton every…
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Turned Around by Honeysuckle
I had an aggravating morning. Nothing really wrong just a series of events that prevented me from getting to do…
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Logging and Deep Hollows
When I was 9 or 10 years old, I was allowed to accompany and help a professional forester buying logs…
