A collage of a red pig, an acorn and angel, a guitar and 3 black and white photos from 1950s. Scripture verse at the bottom

Blind Pig & the Acorn

5 mason jars with pear preserves
OLD TIME PEAR PRESERVES
Black and white old time photo of a farmer in his field
GARDEN FOLKLORE
A bowlful and a spoon full of blueberries
BEST BLUEBERRY PIE

Pig with scroll
Music

A Tiny Broken Heart

Today’s post was written by Paul. For this installment in this year’s story song series, Katie joined me…

trees in winter
Appalachian Dialect

Unthoughted

A few days ago Blind Pig reader Ron Stephens commented about the word unthoughted and wondered if it…

Pig with scroll
Music

Life to Go

Today’s post was written by Paul. I figured…why not one more Stonewall Jackson song for this year’s Story…

hand with seeds
Gardening

The Rewards of Dirt

Most of my family did not inherit that deep love for garden soil, but I certainly did. No…

Tipper in kitchen
Appalachia

Idea, Ideal, Idee

Tipper says ideal for idea idea noun Variant forms ideal, idear, idee, ider, idey, idy (forms sometimes have…

APPALACHIA IN YOUR INBOX

A burgundy pig with an acorn and text "Celebrating Appalachia Est. 2008"

ABOUT TIPPER

Tipper Pressley

There are tons of things I could tell you about myself, but all you really need to know is I’m crazy in love with my home in Appalachia-the people, the food, the music, the colorful language, the sustainable lifestyle, the history, the soaring mountains, and the deep dark hollers. I hope you’ll join me as I do my best to celebrate and preserve Appalachia.

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