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Two men stand, fists clenched, Nearby, at an overpass, several boys But as they [...] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wKAkVXyg2s&hl=en&fs=1&] I have my copy pre-ordered; you should too. On the night Darla died, Wayne was sitting at the kitchen table, washing down a couple of her Percocets with a cold Budweiser, when it he slapped him like a strip of leather across his bearded cheek. He knew. That’s how he describes it to his son D.J., just out of Y.D.C., who is sitting [...] Would anyone have complained if it was Krispy Kreme? PENSACOLA, Fla. — Dr. Jason Newsom railed against burgers, french fries, fried chicken and sweet tea in his campaign to promote better eating in a part of the country known as the Redneck Riviera. He might still be leading the charge if he [...] Here’s something to think about: how many pissed-off middle and lower-class people, not just Appalachian natives, are out there? Quite a few, I’d guess. And we don’t have to wonder about how they feel, because articles like this one by Kai Wright make the whole shooting match pretty clear. Thanks to Connie May Fowler who [...]
After eight straight sunny days, with bare clavicles the Wallingford gals with teardrop frames I don’t want to take away from Gabriel’s great story, but I had to post this, which is a nifty resource for hearing Appalachian speech (if you don’t already live there or don’t hear it regularly). Welcome to this website on the speech of one of America’s most often misunderstood regions – southern and central Appalachia, [...] For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. Genesis 26:15 Damn, I hate August. . . hot, humid, stinking dead days entombed in boredom. Dead summer, an armpit-perspiring stink. Worm fodder doldrums. August here is a burning [...] |
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