Remembering Ethelene Dyer Jones – A Friend to the Blind Pig and The Acorn
Long time Blind Pig and The Acorn reader Ethelene Dyer Jones passed away on Friday November 26, 2021. Ethelene was…
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Thankful November – November Nostalgia
“To me, November always evokes pleasant thoughts—they include fond memories of boyhood rabbit hunts with a bevy of human and…
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Thankful November – Winners and Family
“Appalachian people are family-centered. Mountain people usually feel an obligation to family members and are more truly themselves when within…
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Thankful November – Self Reliance
“Several years ago there came a great snowfall in western North Carolina. The Red Cross came to help people who…
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Thankful November – The Doll Maker
Today’s Thankful November giveaway is a used copy of “The Doll Maker” written by Harriet Simpson Arnow. The book tells…
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Puppy Love
Today’s guest post was written by Garland Davis. From the time I was three until my father’s premature death when…
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Thankful November – Grandma Gatewood
“Emma trudged on, as May wound down, through lonely woods. She sucked on bouillon cubes as she hiked, and found…
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Thankful November – In 1928
“In early January 1928, we moved, house and all, higher into the mountains to Mark’s Cove just below Clingman’s Dome….
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Thankful November
It’s time for my annual Thankful November. Every November I host a variety of giveaways as a way of saying THANK…
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Wind in the Dark Hills
“There was loneliness in the dark hills when the wind stirred the withered leaves on the trees. It was music…
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The Wooden Foot
Today’s guest post was written by Stephen Taylor. Tales from Kathy Campbell In late December, 2014, I went to visit…
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Fall Fun When Granny Was A Girl
Granny with her brothers and sisters (Granny is the small girl on the far right of the second row) I…
