Overheard
“What you going to eat for supper?” “Cornbread and milk.” ——————- Tipper Overheard: snippets of conversation I overhear in Southern Appalachia…
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How Does My Garden Grow?
Our garden is lush and beautiful. Everything is thriving and things are beginning to produce. Fresh veggies = the best…
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June in Pigeon Roost
The 1974 Winter Edition of the Foxfire Magazine contains a compilation of newspaper articles written by Harvey Miller. At…
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The Rosebud Orchid in my Backyard – WOW!
This year I have made a conscious effort to try and be in the woods more. I wish that meant…
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Aunt Faye’s Pound Cake
We’ve add two more laying hens to our small flock of backyard chickens and the extra eggs have me trying…
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Father’s Day – Take Two
The Deer Hunter, Chatter, and Chitter Last Sunday I jumped the gun and published my Father’s Day post, not realizing…
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First Mowing Machine in Graham County NC
Gov. Carringer written and documented by Fred O. Scroggs 1925 Uncle “Gov” (J.B. Carringer) one of our oldest residents. Born…
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Help a Blind Pig Reader Solve a Mystery
A few days ago I received the following email from Blind Pig and The Acorn reader Sue Simmons: Tipper…
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June = The Month for Weddings
June is one of the most popular months for weddings. Appalachia has many interesting customs and sayings surrounding matrimony one…
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Yellow Flowers and Yellow Throats
Do you dream at night? I’ve met folks who say they rarely dream and folks who say they never…
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Listen to my Whippoorwill
We’ve had a whippoorwill hanging around our house since about mid May. It sends out its call just after…
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Father’s Day in Appalachia
Steve and Pap – 1970 Father’s Day in Appalachia is special dinners with Daddy’s favorite cake or pie. It’s fathers…
