From the Archives: Painter Screams
January 2, 2020 The first weekend of December found the Blind Pig house bustling as usual. Christmas preparations were under…
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Eunice Smelcer Loved to Squirrel Hunt
Eunice Smelcer, apparently in her mid to late 20s, was living in Emerts Cove, in Sevier County, Tennessee when recorded…
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Mommy Quilting
Today’s guest post was written by Ed Ammons. This is my mother Thelma Belle Breedlove Ammons. Mommy was a quilter….
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Mother’s Child
Today’s guest post was written by Ed Ammons. Sometime in the past you posted about the naming of children. We…
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Frozen Waters
Photo from Southern Appalachian Digital Collections – Berlin Thomasson on a frozen Tuckasegee River in Bryson City The river used…
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RIP Peggy Lambert September 5, 1935 – December 4, 2023
A few weeks back Ed Ammons let me know Peggy Lambert passed away. For many years she was a faithful…
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Noel, a Song and a Story
The past week I shared a bittersweet story about a baby born on Christmas that was named Noel. The story…
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Selling Christmas Greenery
Galax growing behind our house Daddy was a Rock Mason, but he had the knowhow to fix anything, including electrical. One…
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Trails to Tombstones
Today’s guest post was written by Jim Casada. Color me morbid, ghoulish, or simply strange, but I have always been…
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Names from the Newspaper
When Daddy came home after serving in the Army during World War II, he and Mama rented their first little home…
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Gaelic influence in Appalachia?
I received the following question from Jarrad Holcombe. This may seem like an odd question. Have you ever heard anything…
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Traditional Mountain Character Traits
Today’s guest post was written by Jim Casada. Tipper’s Papaw Wade Wilson In her often overlooked book, Spirit of the…
