Last night was the best time I’ve had with my clothes on in I don’t remember when. Anne and I, along with our friends Suzanne Capone and Bill Perry, attended The Crooked Road Tour: The Roots of American Music (and how hillbillies helped invent it) at the historic Lincoln Theater in Marion, Virginia. The 12-stop, [...]
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if you can’t take the cold, get in the kitchen
January 31st, 2011 · No Comments · appalachian history, food, recipes
I guess I don’t have to point out to anyone who lives on the East Coast that this is the coldest winter on record; a winter that comes after the hottest summer on record. (Memo to Ken Cuccinelli: It’s global warming STUPID.) When I’m confined to our Humble Little Cottage for any length of time [...]
Tags:appalachia·foraging·Ken Cuccinelli·squirrel gravy·venison sausage·wild game
heroes and villains: robert chapman osborne
October 4th, 2010 · 1 Comment · appalachian history
On the evening of Sunday, March 20, 1927, Robert Chapman “Chap” Osborne, a prohibition officer for the Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office pulled over a vehicle suspected of transporting illegal alcohol near the town of Richlands, Virginia. The 46 year-old Tazewell native had been a county prohibition officer for 5 years. As a young man, Osborne [...]
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