Getting the pantry ready for fall

The beginning of Cherokee culture is identified with the cultivation of corn by the native people in the Southern Appalachians more than a thousand years ago. From the earliest times in Cherokee history, the raising of corn was interwoven with the spiritual beliefs of...

The signs of an early Fall?

Victoria Erickson once said “If a year was tucked inside of a clock, then autumn would be the magic hour.” After being here for a few years, you begin to see a few signs and listen to the old timers talk about what they are seeing.  This weather folklore is...