If you’ve been reading Blind Pig and The Acorn any length of time you’ve already figured out I’m plumb foolish about Appalachian language. I just love talking about words and phrases that are found in our colorful rich way of talking. In my latest video I’m sharing a few of those words and phrases. I even got Granny in on the act this time 🙂 I hope you enjoyed the video and that you’ll leave a comment and let me…
The girls recently went on a treasure hunting expedition up the creek. This is my favorite piece they found. The…
Roy Pipes — April 23, 1937 – April 27, 2021 Long time Blind Pig reader Roy Pipes passed away at the end…
Today’s guest post was written by Edward Karshner. Smith and the Devil When I read the April 6 Blind Pig…
cucumber noun variant form cowcumber.1928 (in 1952 Mathes Tall Tales 72) Bet ol’ Nelse is settin’ on a rock waiting’…
Today’s post was written by Paul. Granny and Tipper I think the song “Medals for Mothers” speaks to the amazing…
Today’s guest post was written by Garland Davis. I recently told the story of roping the Billy goat. During that narrative,…
Other than the storms we had earlier this week, our weather has been beyond beautiful for the last two weeks.…
We’ve had stormy weather for the last several days. Over four inches of rain has fallen and the thunder and…
My nephew who was two years younger than me caught spring lizards for our spending money. We would catch 3…