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Breaking Daylight
break daylight verb phrase [with stress on both day and light] To dawn, become light in the early morning. 1937 Hall Coll (Smokemont NC) [By the] time we…
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A Week At The Beach
Last week we slipped off and went to the beach. I hadn’t been since 2021 and Matt hadn’t…
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Canning Salsa
I never got to make salsa last summer so it was high on my list of things to…
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What a Wonderful Savior is He
Today’s post was written by Paul. Our church just finished revival on August 15th. Hickory Stand, was blessed…
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Playing Old Granny Hum Bug
Veler Marcus: There would be a bunch of us children get out and get to playing and one…
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How To Play Club Fist
Mrs. Ivy McCall, Daisy Justice, and Mrs. Geraldine Owens: The players stack their fists, their thumbs up, each…
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I’m Gonna Take A Trip To Alaska
Pearl Bates: Any number of players can play. You all stand in a circle and the first player…
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Bullpen = Dodge Ball
Ernest Franklin: My dad would play this game, and I guess my grandpa did too. It’s been handed…
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Have You Ever Played Base?
Earnest Franklin: I’ve known a game of base to last two or three hours because some of the…
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Corncobs For Games & Jelly
Shelling Corn 1939 Highlands Elizabeth Edwards, who operates a business with a strictly mountain flavor, has discovered a…
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Revival & How Beautiful Heaven Must Be
How Beautiful Heaven Must Be We read of a place that’s called heaven,It’s made for the pure and…
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Francis Cook – Granny Bell’s Son Part Two
Anna Belle Cook 1905-1992 Today’s post contains the second part of Taylor’s interview with Francis Cook who is…
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Francis Cook – Granny Bell’s Son Part 1
Francis and his mother Anna Belle Cook The interview I’m sharing today is the first part of one…
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.