Thankful November – Wild Meat
“Since most early families had hogs, it was not really essential for them to hunt wild game. Many did, however—to…
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Thankful November – Fattening Hogs
Sometime in late May, when the plantain weeds were tall enough to pull for pig feed, Dad handed my brothers…
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Train Series – Mystery Train
Today’s post was written by Paul. If you watched the video that I uploaded three weeks ago, where I discussed…
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Laid Up With The Dead
Today’s guest post was written by Ed Ammons. Addie My wife’s maternal grandmother Addie Ledford Cochran died 29 Dec 1978….
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The Historic Ramsey House
We had such a good time at the Historic Ramsey House in Knoxville TN. It was really nice to meet…
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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…
