Today’s guest post was written by J. Wayne Fears. Not all the characters that frequented the remote mountain community of Tater Knob lived there. There was Catfish Gibson who had the reputation of being one of the best fishermen in the county. A cousin of Snake Baker, Catfish lived on the banks of the Tennessee River down in the lower part of the county. Catfish, like Snake, had an aversion to bathing on a regular basis and, according to Chipmunk’s…
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Animals In Appalachia
About a week ago Don Casada sent me an email to ask if I’d seen any yellow jackets this year.…
Photo by mass.gov “When I was little, after supper we’d go out on the front porch and listen to the…
Today’s post was written by Chitter. Being a mother to six baby chicks is no easy work, and it makes…
Photo courtesy of kariannlovessushi A few months back Miss Cindy sent me an email and told me there was a strange…
The first weekend of December found the Blind Pig house bustling as usual. Christmas preparations were under way at home…
Big Christmas snow of 2010 There sure hasn’t been any snow to track animals in this Christmas. It was a…
“The sheep which were grown years ago for wool were a smaller and hardier strain then the sheep of today.…
1995 Adams Come Go Home 2 We had turned over rocks in the branch so we could watch the spring…
It’s been forever since I told you anything about our chickens. We still have them. Unbelievably we still have two…