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Appalachian Sayings: “Eat up with”
“Eat up with,” short for “eaten up with,” can mean either consumed by or covered up with. Here in Appalachia, a person can be “eat up with” or consumed by a negative emotion but not a positive one. No one is ever eat up with love or kindness or compassion, but a person can be…
Babyland General Hospital, home of the Cabbage Patch Kids
So where do babies come from? Does the stork bring them? Here in North Georgia, everyone knows that babies come from the cabbage patch! Maybe you’ve heard of the Cabbage Patch Kids. They were originally marketed in the late 1970s as soft-sculpture dolls known as the Little People Originals. Hand-signed by creator Xavier Roberts, they could be…
The Phantom of Appalachia in My Backyard
The eastern cougar is extinct, or more correctly, extirpated (totally wiped out), so the federal and state wildlife officials say, but sightings of the big cats are frequent here in the Southern Appalachians. It won’t do any good to contact the Georgia Department of Natural Resources if a cougar is sighted; they just laugh at…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Threes
Three views of Prater’s Mill Built in 1855 on Coahulla Creek in northwest Georgia, Prater’s Mill is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located in Whitfield County, GA and for over one hundred years operated as a gristmill for area farmers who would line up with their wagons and mules waiting…
Now on display in my corner of North Georgia: Sourwood
The sourwood tree, also known as the sorrel tree, is native to eastern North America and primarily is found in the lower Appalachian region. It can grow as a small tree or large shrub from 10 to 20 meters (30-65 feet) tall. In the spring it produces bell-shaped flowers on long panicles, and in the…
Unexpected in common hours 