Tomatoes We Are Growing This Year
Even though the cold wind has been blowing through the holler we planted our tomato seedlings. The Deer Hunter was…
Granny’s Easy Beef Roast
Granny makes a tasty beef roast and she uses the easiest recipe. I’m not sure where she found…
A Tiny Broken Heart
Today’s post was written by Paul. For this installment in this year’s story song series, Katie joined me…
Contrary
Hard To Get It Done Right This fellow ate in the same restaurant every day, and he always…
Blooming Daffodils
Yes, there are daffodils blooming now at my new home in the mountains. I think they were probably planted…
Determined to Quilt
“Before Etta passed on in 1929, she made a quilt for each of her surviving children. This quilt…
Unthoughted
A few days ago Blind Pig reader Ron Stephens commented about the word unthoughted and wondered if it…
Appalachia Though My Eyes – March Weather
March is Spring on the wing,birds returning to nest.March is cold mornings, warm days,March wind stirring budding tree…
Grilled Deer Loin (Backstrap)
We all love deer meat. Since The Deer Hunter and I’ve been married it’s been a large part…
Life to Go
Today’s post was written by Paul. I figured…why not one more Stonewall Jackson song for this year’s Story…
Bloodroot – Harbinger of Spring
Yesterday I noticed a true harbinger of spring making its appearance out in the yard—bloodroot. I just love…
The Rewards of Dirt
Most of my family did not inherit that deep love for garden soil, but I certainly did. No…
Idea, Ideal, Idee
Tipper says ideal for idea idea noun Variant forms ideal, idear, idee, ider, idey, idy (forms sometimes have…
APPALACHIA IN YOUR INBOX
ABOUT TIPPER
There are tons of things I could tell you about myself, but all you really need to know is I’m crazy in love with my home in Appalachia-the people, the food, the music, the colorful language, the sustainable lifestyle, the history, the soaring mountains, and the deep dark hollers. I hope you’ll join me as I do my best to celebrate and preserve Appalachia.