Valentines & Love
At the Blind Pig house we’ve never celebrated Valentines Day very much. There’s been the occasional candy, card, meal, or…
Winter Trees
Our beautiful Appalachian Mountains are a wonderland at any time of the year but I guess we have to wait…
Bellview, Cherokee County, NC
Martins Creek Major League Baseball Team 1980 something. Photo taken at Bellview baseball field. Back row: Scott Cordell, Paul Wilson,…
Cast Iron Care
Today’s guest post was written by long time Blind Pig reader Leon Pantenburg. When my son Dan moved to his…
I’ll Not Puke With You
Me and Harold sung at churches all around us when we were small. One time at Hewitt’s, just before you get…
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…
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…
Mommy Quilting
Today’s guest post was written by Ed Ammons. This is my mother Thelma Belle Breedlove Ammons. Mommy was a quilter….
Mother’s Child
Today’s guest post was written by Ed Ammons. Sometime in the past you posted about the naming of children. We…
Frozen Waters
Photo from Southern Appalachian Digital Collections – Berlin Thomasson on a frozen Tuckasegee River in Bryson City The river used…
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…
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…