Appalachia Through My Eyes – Passing the Knowledge On
The tradition of raising chickens for eggs and meat is continuing to be passed down to the next generation in…
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Miss Cindy’s Blueberry Pie
I love blueberries! My favorite way to eat them is by the handful, but a close second would be in…
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The Way I Am
Just before Pap died, I videoed the girls doing a song made famous by Merle Haggard- The Way I Am written by Sonny…
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Do You Know What Kind of Fruit This is?
I recently received the photos in this post and the email below from Blind Pig reader DS. ————– Tipper –…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Nature Takes It Back
The tree is growing inside an old silo on farm land along the banks of the Hiwassee River. If left…
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So What’s a Packsaddle?
pack saddle noun A large caterpillar (Sibine stimulea) having a poisonous sting. 1999 Montgomery Coll. (Cardwell). ~Dictionary of Smoky Mountain…
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Pap and his Cornfield
I wrote this post back in 2011 about making a trip to the cornfield with Pap. Yesterday morning I went to the…
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I Made Peach Jelly…Even Though Granny Told Me Not To
Last week Kim, a Blind Pig reader and a friend, posted about making peach jelly from peelings on Instagram. I…
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Working on a Building – Take 3
Over the years many people have covered the song I’m Working on a Building. The list includes: The Carter Family,…
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Overheard
After trying a dozen times to get it attached to the tractor Daddy said “I don’t believe the Lord wants…
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Ever had the Jim Jams or the Jimmies?
Jim jams noun Anxiety, restlessness. 1885 Murfree Prophet 153 Mirandy Jane hev fairly got the jim-jams. 1996-97 Montgomery Coll. (Bush,…
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How People Used to Brush Their Teeth
Most everyone used twig toothbrushes when I was a child. They’d get a small stick from a blackgum tree about…
