Charles Fletcher’s New Book Is OUT!
In late November, Charles Fletcher published the third book of his Little Sam Mountain series. The book is titled Living…
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RIP Bradley Bennett November 19, 1942 – January 2, 2014
Long time Blind Pig reader Bradley Bennett passed away on Thursday of this week. Bradley was a regular commenter here…
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Snow And Cold
Friday morning we awoke to bitter cold weather and a skiff of snow. The temps never climbed out of the…
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Blind Pig & the Acorn 2013 In Review
Every January I take a look back at what I’ve written during the course of the year. It helps put…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Dogbread
I’ve told you about our dog Ruby Sue and about Wild Bill who think’s he’s our dog or at least…
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The Blind Pig & The Acorn In 2014
I hope you enjoyed ringing in the new year last night. I was snug-sound asleep in my flannel sheets when…
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The New Year’s Shoot
The Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore The New Year’s Shoot Collected from Mr. A. Sidney Beam, of…
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Appalachian Grammar Lesson 23 and half
In Appalachia we use the word get in a variety of ways like: using the phrase ‘get about‘ as a…
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The Pressley Girls Return To Lufty Baptist Church
On a chilly day last November we made a trip back to the Historic Lufty Baptist Church for The Pressley…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Take A Notion
The girls have enjoyed being out of school for Christmas break. One day they took a notion to visit some…
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Christmas @ The Blind Pig House
Christmas @ the Blind Pig house was full of joy! There was… cell phones (aren’t there always cell phones…
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Ruling Days
The Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English tells me this about Ruling Days: The twelve days beginning on Christmas day, each one…
