The first weekend of December found the Blind Pig house bustling as usual. Christmas preparations were under way at home and at the Folk School. The Deer hunter contracted some sort of respiratory virus and was huddled on the couch under a blanket with a gut splitting cough. December 8th was the annual Pressley Christmas gathering at The Deer Hunter’s Aunt Wanda’s in Clyde, NC. There was no way he was going to be able to make it, so the…
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Animals In Appalachia
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.…
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Every time it rains Granny’s phone gets filled with static. It’s been doing that for years. Pap called and complained…