Overheard
“Yep that helps a sight. I thank ye.” Last night’s video: Alex Stewart Portrait of a Pioneer 10.
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The Bull and Baseball
Today’s guest post was written by Garland Davis. I grew up in Western North Carolina in the fifties. As far as…
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July Garden Update
Our garden is coming in like crazy. We have green beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, malabar spinach, peppers, and okra that needs…
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Summer Was Hard On Feet
stone bruise noun a bruise on the sole of the foot, especially the heel, from going barefoot and stepping on…
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Degrees of Non-Workability
After reading last Friday’s post Jim Doss sent me the following in an email. I always heard from my Dad…
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Sweet as New Butter
Fannie Hensley sat in the shade of the smokehouse rubbing a fresh ear of corn over the rough surface of…
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It Is No Secret
Turns out Paul was thinking about Pap yesterday too. He uploaded Pap singing the old hymn “It is No Secret.”…
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He Would Have Been 85
Pap would have been 85 today. I didn’t plan to write anything about his birthday this year, but here I…
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Ya’ll Come See Us
I’m bad t’ come out with that word [ruint]. “That youngun is pure ruint.” (spoiled rotten) Once, I was visiting with…
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From the Archives: The Wildness of Summer
If you’ve been reading the Blind Pig for a good long while you know my least favorite time of the…
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Carrots…Finally!
I can’t tell you how many times I tried to grow carrots back when I first started gardening. They never…
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Grasshoppers and Kids
I’ve seen more grasshoppers this year than I have in years. Every time I walk through the yard it’s like…
