Appalachia Through My Eyes – Disbelieving Teenager
I was trying to enlighten and educate Chatter with some newly discovered Christmas knowledge I recently acquired when she gave…

I was trying to enlighten and educate Chatter with some newly discovered Christmas knowledge I recently acquired when she gave…

Each of us here at the Blind Pig & the Acorn wish you a very Merry Christmas! Tipper

I Dream Of Christmas written by Granny Wilson I dream of Christmases of long ago Of trampling home thru cold…

Many Christmases ago, a lunchroom lady gave me a coconut bonbon her daughter made. Why do I remember that one…

While I’ve always like the Christmas song God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, it wasn’t one I grew up singing. I…

I believe the girls learned to make coffee filter Christmas trees in elementary school-if not there then somewhere along the…

It was back in December of 2010 that B.Ruth sent me the follow email: I use pine, cedar, magnolia, balsam,…

A few weeks ago I told you I had re-opened the Blind Pig & The Acorn Etsy Shop and explained…

Belsnickles from Pendleton County, WV-notice the masks on the floor at their feet. (third man from left is Boss Bland-a…

“On Christmas Eve night, we’d all go a-serenadin’. We went from house to house. We’d put on different old clothes,…

If I see a recipe that I think sounds good-I rip it out of my magazine and stick it in…

Today’s guest post was originally published in December 2013 in The News Observer column THROUGH MOUNTAIN MISTS, which is written…