“My Mama was a quilter. Her quilts are treasures. Treasures filled with memories: I remember her choosing chicken feed by the matching sacks and planning for quilt backing. I remember ladies giving her grocery sacks packed tightly full of pieces of fabric scraps which she carefully sorted and ironed and cut and stitched. I remember her quilt frames hanging from the living room ceiling and quiltings with neighbors during the day, then raising the quilt frame at night so the…
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Appalachia
Big Christmas snow of 2010 There sure hasn’t been any snow to track animals in this Christmas. It was a…
December feels fresh greenery on the porch and in the house the smell of woodsmoke every time I go outside…
Silver rings made from coins seem to hold so much meaning to me. Maybe it’s because you need patience and…
We had a fire going for about a week, but once things warmed up we let it go out to…
From the website State Symbols USA: “North Carolina designated the northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) as official state bird in 1943.…
“Now, when I built my barn up yonder, I given’em a dance. Oh gosh! That was a tremendous crowd. And…
Pap told me old timers used to say that flowers and trees that bloom out of season are evil. When…
Some folks think graveyards are peaceful and serene and others think they’re creepy. Many graveyards in Appalachia have spectacular views.…
If you’ve been reading the Blind Pig & The Acorn for a good while you’ll likely remember me talking about…