Riddle 34
I’m sharing a riddle from Blind Pig reader Larry DePuy. Marble walls as white as milk, with a lining as…
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Doctoring in Appalachia
“I mentioned in this blog a long time ago that my Appalachian elders doctored everything with moonshine and turpentine! I…
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Mustard Greens Still Going Strong
The mustard greens I planted last fall are still going strong. When I harvest them, I cut only the leaves…
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Blind Pig Readers Documented
I’m still enthralled with the “Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English.” I’ve so enjoyed getting to know the ins and outs…
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Pictures of our people and place
Today’s guest post was written by Don Casada. Pictures of our people and place This will be an introductory piece…
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Eating Cabbage in the Mountains
“Southern mountain folk have been growing and eating cabbages for over three centuries now, and mostly loving every minute of…
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Learning Songs from the Waltons
Granny teaching Chatter a new crochet stitch We’re all in and out of Granny’s house. I’m still staying an entire…
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Missing Home and Being Backwards
Tipper Folks enjoyed my reading of “Mountain Path” by Harriet Simpson Arnow so much that they begged for me to…
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Early Carvings from Brasstown
Today’s post was written by Chitter. Every now and then I get a feeling that there is a Brasstown Carvers’…
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February in Pigeon Roost 4
The 1974 Winter Edition of the Foxfire Magazine contains a compilation of newspaper articles written by Harvey Miller. At the…
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Playing With Dynamite – The Deep Hole
Today’s guest post was written by Ed Ammons. About a mile below the swinging bridge at Needmore, near the mouth…
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Still Only Got A Skiff Of Snow
skiff nounA thin layer, small amount (esp in phr skiff/skift of snow = a light fall of snow).1834 (in 1956…
