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  • Love Of The Mountains


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    Love of the Mountains written by Allen Mills Two trees on the hillside of a mountain Always looking up toward the sky Remind me of my Papa and my Moma Who lived there 80 years before they died Now the... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
    5 days ago

  • Appalachian Tweets - 5/19/2013


    GarysWorld Appalachia 'Live Your Dreams' — Authority Authority: 118
    #Music_City_Center spans 6 blocks and sits on 19 acres. So, why would it want to get any bigger? Look to the future: tnne.ws/18VeMfP — The Tennessean (@Tennessean) May 19, 2013 Murder suspect found dead bit.ly/14k6TxI — heraldleader (@heraldleader) May 19, 2013 IRS line is clear as mud for ...
    6 days ago

  • Corn & Tomatoes IN THE GROUND!


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    We used one of the best planting days this past week-Crab-The Breast-Cancer to plant 5 rows of corn and 106 tomato plants! Whew! Seems like every weekend has been too wet or fell under the wrong sign for us to... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
    1 week ago

  • Appalachia Through My Eyes - Mothers Day


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    Mothers Day in Appalachia is wearing red or pink flowers if your Mother is still among the living; its wearing white if shes gone on to wait for you on the other shore. Mothers day in Appalachia is potted flowers... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
    1 week ago

  • Counting Out Rhymes


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    There are as many ways to decide who goes first in a game as there are games! Weve already been over counting taters. Today I wanted to share some counting out rhymes with you. See if you remember any of... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
    2 weeks ago

  • Carrying water for an end to mountaintop removal


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    Activists hauled polluted water from Appalachia to Washington, D.C. this week to draw attention to the plight of communities affected by mountaintop removal coal mining. The action comes as legislation was reintroduced in Congress to protect coalfield waterways. read more
    2 weeks ago

  • Codeswitch takes up "Hicksploitation"


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    NPR launched the Codeswitch blog, billed as "frontiers of race, culture and ethnicity," about a month ago.   Today, Eric Deggans, writing for the forum, takes up what he calls "hicksploitation ."  Heres the lede: On cable TV, theres a whole truckload of reality shows that make fun of working-class, white Southern ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Appalachia News - 5/10/2013


    GarysWorld Appalachia 'Live Your Dreams' — Authority Authority: 118
    Cost of care varies greatly at Lexington hospitals, data shows Costs for various types of major medical care at Lexington hospitals - including treatment for heart attack, joint replacement and kidney failure - varied wildly in data provided by the federal government this week. Hospital Billing Varies Wildly, ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Aliens In The Yard?


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    Over the last few days there have been some strange happenings around the Blind Pig house. Oh well that was just The Deer Hunter talking to the chickens-so maybe that wasnt so strange. Or maybe Im the weird thing happening... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
    2 weeks ago

  • Eye to Eye with Brian Moynihan


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    VIDEO: To watch more of what happened yesterday at the Bank of America shareholder meeting in Charlotte, watch the clip at the bottom of this blog post. As I stood eye-to-eye with Bank of America (BofA) CEO, Brian Moynihan, a large stop-watch projected onto the wall of the conference room started to count down. I ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Strawberry Pie


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    Local strawberries are finally ripe! Weve been eating them like crazy. My favorite way-is to just grab a handful and munch. I did manage to save enough to make a pie out of the last bunch though. I grew up... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
    2 weeks ago

  • Old Granny Wiggins Is Dead


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    I came across the game Old Granny Wiggins Is Dead in the Foxfire 6 Book. The name grabbed my attention, then after I read the entry I decided it was a game I would have played when I was a... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
    2 weeks ago

  • Clean Water Protection Act Introduced with 45 Cosponsors


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    Yesterday, Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA) introduced the Clean Water Protection Act in the 113th Congress with 45 original cosponsors. The Clean Water Protection Act, H.R. 1837, is a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives which would sharply reduce mountaintop removal coal mining by making ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Appalachian Vocabulary Test 54


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    Its time for this months Appalachian Vocabulary Test-take it and see how you do. Ease around Eating table Epizooticks Everly Everwho Ease around: to move quietly without disturbing. "They were talking about something awful serious out there in the yard... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
    2 weeks ago

  • Kentucky town hunkers down in the face of outside criticism over childs gun death


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    I wrote a few days ago about the shooting death this past week of a 2-year-old in Burkesville, Kentucky.  The girl was shot by her 5-year-old brother with his .22 gun when the childrens mother stepped outside the home to take care of a household cleaning task.  In that story, I observed that the media seemed to be ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Playing Telephone


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    Have you ever played the game telephone? Its a fun game to play-especially if youre in a group of giggling girls. I remember playing the game at summer camp and at slumber parties. One person starts the game by whispering... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
    2 weeks ago

  • Cant Say Ive Ever Been More Lonesome


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    Almost every Sunday afternoon we meet up down at Pauls for some pickin and grinnin. Theres much music during those weekly sessions-but theres lots of other stuff too. Things like fixing button issues with pocket knives; most Sundays theres sunshine-and... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
    2 weeks ago

  • Hatfields & McCoys become tourist draw


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    Chase Purdy reports for the New York Times today from Sarah Ann, West Virginia , home of the Hatfield Family Cemetery.  His story is about the tourism boom linked to the long-standing Hatfield-McCoy feud in this part of Appalachia, a resurgence in interest that most attribute to the History Channels 2012 mini ...
    3 weeks ago

  • Guns for Kids, Child Gun-Casualties, & Browns Hate List


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    From yesterdays Guardian article " Guns for kids: critics eye marketing practices after Kentucky shooting :" The gun manufacturer Keystone Sporting Arms is in a defensive crouch this week. The Pennsylvania-based company has taken down a website for a popular product. When I called Keystone at noon on Friday I was ...
    3 weeks ago

  • Roosters and Violets


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    This post was originally published here on the Blind Pig in April of 2010. Since it mentions a game I played as I child I thought Id re-post the piece. In the gardening world folks either love wild violets with... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
    3 weeks ago

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