Hiraeth
“Nice photos. This video made me think of the Welsh word “Hiraeth”. There is no direct translation to English but…
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Irish Soda Bread for Saint Patrick’s Day
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Do you have your green on? If not you know you’re going to get pinched 🙂…
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More Excitement
During the midst of all the wedding excitement I received two surprises related to my ongoing work of celebrating Appalachia….
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Plants are a Living Testimony
“Plant connections to both people and place are a wonderful part of Appalachia. We’ve got day lilies (Daddy called them cow…
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Love is in the Air
As you’ve likely guessed love is in the air around our house this week. Still hard for me to believe…
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Using Pap’s Tiller
Last growing season we realized our tiller was on its last legs. The Deer Hunter discovered a hole had formed…
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Blind Pig & The Acorn Turns 14
Granny shares her birthday with Blind Pig and The Acorn. This blog turned 14 on Sunday. Fourteen years is almost…
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My Lenten Roses are Blooming
I’ve grown lenten roses (Hellebores) for many years. Their lovely blooms sometimes start appearing as early as late December. They…
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March 4th (Forth) – 2022
Year’s ago Blind Pig reader Kenneth Roper shared the story of his mother telling him and his brothers that March…
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From the Archives: Old Growth
The Blind Pig & The Acorn Archives are like an encyclopedia, albeit not a very well curated encyclopedia. The nature…
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The Hope of Daffodils
Over the last week and a half I’ve noticed daffodils blooming throughout Brasstown. Here on the north side of the…
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Goat Mascot
Today’s guest post was written by Wayne Easter. In the 1960s photograph (made in my front yard) a sure sign…
