Bury Me Beneath the Weeping Willow
I’m not sure what it is about summer, but it always takes me back to childhood and makes me feel…
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July 2021 Garden Tour
Some parts of our garden are thriving and others are suffering. We had almost two full weeks of daily rain…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 150
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases….
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Sun Ball and Home
“The sunball was out of sight, and long shadows lay like deep black furrows in the hollow as they footed…
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5 Things
1. It’s been an exciting summer around the Blind Pig and The Acorn house! Chatter’s boyfriend proposed to her and…
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Cooking in Swain County – 1939
I came across the interview below on the Appalachian English website (Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English). The red words throughout…
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Upside Down Blueberry Cake
I used to make an upside down cake all the time. I think I found the recipe in Southern Living…
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Will You Visit Me On Sunday?
Today’s post was written by Paul. Charlie Louvin For a while now, I’ve been uploading tribute songs on the birthdays…
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Talking to Granny about Crochet
Today’s post was written by Chatter. Chatter wearing one of her crochet creations I was about ten when Granny first…
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Finding Chanterelles
I spent yesterday morning learning how to identify and find chanterelle mushrooms. A friend invited me to go with her…
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Doghobble
doghobble noun A common evergreen shrub (Leucothoe spp) having dense, tangled limbs and branches. [DARE labels this term “chiefly southern Appalachians”] 1926 Hunnicutt Twenty Years 124…
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Looking for the Far Blue Mountains
We recently had the opportunity to get away for a few days. For generations folks from the mountains, like us,…
