Family Memories & Sense of Place
Both my parents were born in the Appalachian foothills of Ky. My Mother was the youngest of thirteen children after…
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Pigeon Roost & Loss of Electricity
Several days ago Don Casada sent me the screenshot above to show me that most of upper Pigeon Roost was…
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Raking Leaves
Miss Cindy took the photo of us laying in the leaves. We were visiting her in Black Mountain in the…
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Oven Baked Chicken with Gravy
OVEN CHICKEN WITH GRAVY Combine flour, 1 tablespoon garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, salt, and pepper. Set aside 2 tablespoons….
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Rocks, Rocks, and Rocks
As you might guess, the subject of rocks comes up often at our house since Chitter is a lapidary artist…
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Growing Sweet Potatoes
In all the years we’ve made a garden we’ve only grew sweet potatoes twice. One time ages ago my Uncle…
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Is This A Green Bean?
A few days ago Blind Pig reader Norman sent me a picture of what look like green beans. Norman said…
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Foot Logs and Bridges
I became enamored with this series of black and white photos about a month ago. LOC’s Public Domain Image Collections…
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I Don’t Know About Tomorrow
I don’t know about tomorrow;I just live from day to day.I don’t borrow from its sunshineFor its skies may all…
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Power Outages & Cutting the Light Out
My heart has been heavy for all of the folks who lost their electricity during the storm. Many of whom…
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Aftermath of the Hurricane
In the wind up all we got from hurricane Helene was rain. We had little breezy spells, but no strong…
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Granny Says Harricun
hurricane nounA variant forms harricane, harricun, herrycane.1942 Hall Phonetics 42 [harik’n].B1 A severe windstorm.1834 Crockett Narrative 150 In the morning…
