Turn Your Radio On
Are you a radio listener? If Chatter, Chitter, or The Deer Hunter are in my car-the radio is on and turned…
Hog Killin Day
Hog Killin Day by Keith Jones When it starts to get cold in the fall, the old-timers would always say,…
Hog Killing In Appalachia
All one has to do is to take a walk through the local grocery store’s meat department to see the variety it…
How Cold Is It At Your House?
When I got up this morning-it was 8 degrees. After I dropped the girls off at school, the radio informed me over…
Happy New Year
As I look back over 2009 I’m happy with the progress made here on the Blind Pig & The Acorn site-mostly I’m thankful…
Ever Hear Gun Shots At Your House?
Over Christmas Miss Cindy came to visit and got snowed in. Not from snow at our house (we only got…
Our First Christmas In The Matheson Cove, 1936
Our First Christmas In The Matheson Cove, written by Eddie Lee Mull Garrett In December, 1936, I was not yet…
Christmas Traditions From Appalachia
If you celebrate Christmas, I’m sure you have some traditions that go along with it. Sometimes traditions are handed down from…
The Christmas Recital
Today was Chatter’s first violin recital-to say she was excited is an understatement-to say we were proud of her is…
The Santa Train
Since 1943 a train loaded with toys, candy, and Santa has made it way from Kentucky through Virgina and ended it’s…
I Wonder As I Wander Murphy, NC 1933
Murphy 1930s Courtesy of Cherokee Co. Historical Museum Last Christmas Pap loaned me a book someone had bought him, Stories…
Christmas Spirit
Do you have your Christmas tree up yet? I don’t. I usually put the trees up on Thanksgiving Day-or at least the…