Wyrd Mountain Gals

CatDog The Weather Cat

CatDog the Weather Cat
Spring has sprung & the door is open at the cottage on Wyrd Mountain-you can hear the windchimes...
Byron & Alicia are in fine form & ready to gripe..  The gals lament builders & the "titty tatty" houses they're putting up all around Asheville.  Then Alicia goes off on "Elitist Witchery".  No food was mentioned...
 
"The proof of the pudding is in the eating"
"Don't let the unfriend button hit you where the good lord split you"
Emily Bell - https://earth-magick.com/artists/emily-bell-of-wild-appalachian-brooms/
 
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It Must Be Spring Again - Byron Is Singing

Episode Airs Sunday, 3-27-22 at 7pm ESTMust Be Spring - Byron Is Singing Again 
Byron's been traveling...and singing.  During the conversation she creates a bluegrass song (about Catdog) on the fly...The conversation moves along at a good clip, covering a range of topics from vintage local Weathermen to helping each other out.  Alicia talks about her group of friends & watching them pass along help (in the form of money) to each other.  They reminisced about local & vintage fundraisers:  bake sales, spaghetti suppers, fish frys, ramps & catfish, boar meat barbeque, womanless weddings...etc.
Alicia is back on the Bio-toilet kick again...  
Bob Caldwell - http://flyfishmagazine.blogspot.com/2007/05/weather-man-quits-to-open-fly-fishing.html
When "Womanless Weddings" were Trendy - https://www.npr.org/sections/npr-history-dept/2015/06/16/413633022/when-womanless-weddings-were-trendy
Womanless Weddings - https://www.digitalnc.org/blog/womanless-weddings/
Unto These Hills:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unto_These_Hills
Unto These Hills - https://visitcherokeenc.com/play/attractions/unto-these-hills-outdoor-drama/
Montford Park Players - https://www.montfordparkplayers.org/
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A Mountain of Clothes on the Dining Room Table - Wyrd Mountain Gals Show

A Mountain of Clothes on the Dining Room TableEpisode airs Sunday 3-20-22 @7pm EST
Byron bought a new camp chair. and it took DAYS for her to get packed up for this round of travel.  Alicia is back from her quick trip & is lamenting about how she's lost the art of packing.  THey are feeling kind of spunky & record the entire first part of the podcast while thay were simultaneously recording on Facebook Live, making for a strange kind of digital weaving in and out of coherent conversation.  Talk eventually gets around to the subject of food...
Recipe:  Chocolate Carrot Cake:  https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/chocolate-carrot-cake/ 
Ricky Nelson: Traveling Man - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0janfcZ8LUw
The Commodores: Easy Like Sunday Morning - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saaLW0jiiUE
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Signing Everybody’s Yearbook - Wyrd Mountain Gals

Signing Everybody's YearbookEpisode Airs Sunday March 13  7pm EST
Byron is relaxed but ready to fight....Guess it's a good thing she's getting ready to start traveling again. The gals had a quick conversation (quick for them anyway) 
Angie Aparohttps://www.google.com/search?q=angie+aparo&rlz=1C1CHBD_enUS985US985&oq=angie&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j46i67i433j46i67i131i199i433i465j46i67i433j46i20i263i433i512j46i67i433j69i60l2.4527j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Athens Music Scenehttps://www.redandblack.com/culture/will-athens-lose-its-groove-famed-music-scene-clings-to-identity-in-the-face-of/article_5401958e-1be1-11ec-af92-d7621cc02c3f.html
Doc Watsonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Watson
Tammy's in Love - Debbie Reynoldshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew-5rO8b67I
He's Got the Whole World In His Handshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDBJNQiugnM
Request from the Gals--show us some of the good you do out there in the world
Advice:  Live big, love much, see you on the other side...
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Listening to the Murder and Sleeping on the Porch

Listening to the Murder - Sleeping on the PorchEpisode Airs Sunday 3-6-22 7pm EST
The gals are hanging out at the cottage & talking about all sorts of things.  They almost get out of hand a coupe of times, but stop just shy of saying something they might regret.  We hope you enjoy this episode...
Andrews Airport:  https://airnav.com/airport/KRHP
Spontaneous Human Combustion - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_human_combustion
https://www.britannica.com/event/assassination-of-John-F-Kennedy/Conspiracy-theories
Stevie Nicks - https://www.etonline.com/stevie-nicks-history-with-witchcraft-rhiannon-to-ahs-apocalypse-110434https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2022-03-02/russia-ukraine-invasion-vladimir-putin-stevie-nicks
Prayer to St Michael"Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil; May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; And do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan and all evil spirits who wander through the world for the ruin of souls. Amen."
Pysanka - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pysanka#:~:text=A%20pysanka%20(Ukrainian%3A%20%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0%2C,written%20(inscribed)%20with%20beeswax.
https://destinations.com.ua/travel/authentic-ukraine/45-motanka-traditional-ukrainian-doll
https://www.google.com/search?q=scrapple&rlz=1C1CHBD_enUS985US985&oq=scrapple&aqs=chrome..69i57j46i433i512j0i20i263i512j0i512j46i512j0i457i512j0i512l4.4529j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
 
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Fast Cars and Classic Country - Recap Edition

A recapped episode in which Byron declares that today's country music singers haven't suffered enough...
We hope you enjoy this look back to a time that seems so far away....but it was only 2 years ago. 
 
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You ARE The Altar -Part 2

You ARE the Altar - Part 2Episode Airs Sunday Feb 20 @ 7pm EST
Alicia's in a pickle in one of her FB groups.  The gals talk about her situation & it leads to talk about what Appalachian folk magic really is.  Byron realizes dowsing can be done by using her hands.
Other topics include: blood magickids games that have historical beginningsdo pendulums respond to personal physiology? 
Quote:  "Sometimes you need to stop reading & start practicing"
Question--have you ever done anything (as a kid) that would be considered totally inappropriate today?  
Another quote:  "We let the perfect be the enemy of the pretty good"
Chief Pontiac on the Hillhttps://wlos.com/news/local/goodbye-chief-pontiac-iconic-statue-removed-from-harrys-on-the-hill
828 Pizzahttps://www.828pizzeria.com/
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You ARE The Altar - Part 1

You ARE the Altar - Part 1
Wyrd Mountain GalsEpisode Airs 02-13-22 7pm EST
The gals delve into some important subjects:  grounding, shielding, dreams, forming habits, etc.  Various stories are told...
Quote-"you look out, those bears will steal your damn car"
"It can take anywhere from 18 to 254 days for a person to form a new habit and an average of 66 days for a new behavior to become automatic.Oct 24, 2019"https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/set-boundaries
 
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Groundhogs Are Not Good Prognosticators

Groundhogs Aren't Good Prognosticators 
Byron doesnt think groundhogs are good weather predicters.  Alicia's studying biphasic sleeping. They discuss going out (fully vaccinated & masked) & manage to string together everything but the subject they were going to talk about in this unhurried episodel
Voice to texthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_recognition
bi·pha·sic/bīˈfāzik/Learn to pronouncehaving two phases."the patient's biphasic recovery curve"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biphasic_and_polyphasic_sleep
Book Signs, Cures and Witchery - Gerald C. Milneshttps://youtu.be/NwaUcSRsQPQhttps://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1801582.Signs_Cures_and_Witchery
Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlingshttps://youtu.be/WR1BUVFToSE
Old Crow Medicine Showhttps://youtu.be/ug7IgB8MfWE
Doc Watsonhttps://youtu.be/Z7iMBBmFlrs
Alicia's Tshirts:
c:DOSC:DOS/RUNRUN/DOS/RUN
Nobody Reads My Blog
I am your webmasterSubmit
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Death Disgust and Blue Emu

The Wyrd Mountain Gal Show with Byron and AliciaDeath, Disgust, & Blu EmuEpisode Airs Sunday 1-30-227pm EST
When asked how she's doing, Byron replied "I'm just about getting by with prayer & wine'.  Did you know she will eat Velveeta before paying $500 lb for fine Stilton....although she does like a good Stilton...  They start out reminiscing about old Asheville, the black business district, the restaurants, & the music & meander through a few more topics before demonstrating the fabled Appalachian Goodbye".  
***Trigger Warning-many gross subjects here, also, lots of death, adult subjects, porno, etc.  The usual madness for some, but if you're squeamish or catch the vapors easily you should not listen to any of it!  Seriously, you'd be much better off somewhere else.***
The Death Midwife - https://deathmidwife.org/classes-1-1
Free Planet Radio:  Chris Rosser, Eliot Wadopian (deceased) and River Guerguerian.. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdvR1-_hS0IdsWWlK6iYeuPRLAU3MpVze
The Who - My Generation https://youtu.be/qN5zw04WxCcBeatles - When I'm 64   https://youtu.be/OTgbWmaxu5sIf I Only Had a Brain - Video and Lyrics - https://youtu.be/wg66kwRnOpwChicago - Dialogue (Pt. I & Pt. II)   https://youtu.be/aJWXkdRO2Sc
"Do not tempt the Lord thy God"  https://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/6-16.htm
Swollen testicles reference - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicki_Minaj#COVID-19_vaccine_tweets
2 Girls 1 cup - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Girls_1_Cup
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