Wandering Back in Time
1940s era Nehi soda bottle found up the creek Back when I first started writing here on the Blind Pig…
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Christmas in July
The old saying Christmas in July means something happened smack dab in the middle of the summer that rates…
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The Zombie Apocalypse
Have you ever watched a tv show or movie about the zombie apocalypse? I don’t watch much tv so I…
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Water in Appalachia
On Mountain Water by David Templeton One of Life’s greatest pleasures for me is wading and swimming in some sweet…
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Making Pickles
Pickling’s More’n Cucumbers – Murphy (Mountain Cooking by John Parris) “To many a mountain woman who grew up at a…
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Cash on the Barrelhead
Today’s guest post was written by Paul Wilson. Paul – Murphy, NC – July 2017 In one of our Youtube…
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Dinner Time in Appalachia
“Yep, dinner at noon and supper late in the day. My Grandma W. Cooked dinner everyday on the wood-burning cook…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Keeping the Bugs Away
If you’re around a camping area or attend an evening cookout after dark in Appalachia (and in other places)…
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It’s Lay By Time
Lay by verb phrase To leave a crop to mature after hoeing it for a final time late in the…
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How to say Completely in Appalachia
I was plumb happy that our friend David played our gig with us on Sunday In Appalachia we have many…
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Ferro Sticks
Sometimes The Deer Hunter uses a ferro rod to start fires when he’s out and about in the woods. I’d…
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Poor Year for Blackberries
The one thing I must put up every summer is blackberry jelly. There’s no other jelly for me. There…
