Frog Strangler – Gully Washer – Frog Drowner
Brasstown has been having one frog strangler after another for the last week. If you didn’t know-that means Brasstown has…
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Jack Be Nimble
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candlestick. —————– Researching this rhyme made me scream WHO KNEW!?…
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Growing Heirloom Tomatoes
We usually have a bumper crop of tomatoes. Maybe it’s the area, the dirt, the weather, maybe it’s because we stick…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Pissant
pissant, pismire noun A small back ant. 1867 Harris Sut Lovingood 32 I felt like I’d crowded intu a ole…
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Cherokee Legend Of The Corn Bead
Cherokee Legend Of The Corn Bead Many years ago during the 1830’s, the Real People, as the Cherokee called…
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Fallen Soldiers
Memorial Day was created to honor fallen soldiers of the Civil War-and was originally called Decoration Day. John L. Logan is…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Water Spiders
Water spiders…the only kind of spider I wasn’t afraid of as a child. I used to think water spiders had…
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Overheard
“At one time in history this area had more jobs than it knew what to do with. Really, it was…
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Escape
Today’s guest post was written by Ethelene Dyer Jones. Chatter’s bare feet in the soil. It all took me back…
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Walk In The Yard With Me
This time of the year I find myself walking around the yard as often as I can. I’ll go out…
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Typepad Hit By Attackers AGAIN!
If you tried to access the Blind Pig & the Acorn yesterday-you most likely got an error instead of a…
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Love Lifted Me
James Rowe James Rowe was born in Ireland and worked for the Irish Government before emigrating to the USA…
