Gambling Barroom Blues
Today’s post was written by Paul. You’ll notice right away the video I’m sharing today, “The Gambling Barroom Blues,” has…
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Sounds of Spring
Bent Creek Road Photo Courtesy of Southern Appalachian Digital Collections Listen for the Spring peepers after the New Year, whatever…
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Make Do Days
Today’s guest post was written by Brenda Smith. I saw this golden grass while walking along the Little Tennessee River…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Violets Are Blooming
The siren of pretty weather enticed me to walk down to the creek yesterday. The sunshine felt so good and…
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Betty Grueninger’s Flower Garden
Photo courtesy of Western Carolina University Southern Appalachian Digital Collections This 1941 image showing Betty Grueninger (1896-1971) and two men planning…
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Blind Pig & The Acorn Turns 15
Granny wasn’t the only one who had a birthday yesterday. Blind Pig & The Acorn turned 15 on March 6….
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Granny’s 83rd Birthday
Today Granny is 83 years young! We had her party yesterday since everyone will be back at work today and…
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St. James Infirmary
Today’s post was written by Paul. Here’s a super sad one to kick off the 2023 Story Song Series. There…
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Connections to Pap and Living a Joyous Life
I had to stop for gas yesterday. Most of the pumps were empty so I pulled into the one closest…
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Dentist Stories & Children
“I have my share of denture or teeth extraction stories, but will spare you all except one. When I was around…
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March in Pigeon Roost 3
The 1974 Winter Edition of the Foxfire Magazine contains a compilation of newspaper articles written by Harvey Miller. At the…
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Planting by the Signs for March 2023
Before I started the Blind Pig and The Acorn I never knew much about planting by the signs. I had…
