A Hard Day’s Work
I feel such a sense of satisfaction at the end of long day of hard work. Last weekend we started…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 149
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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The Smoky Little House
When Pap was a boy his neighbors played a huge role in the way he was brought up. His parents…
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The Lost Art of Loafin
Uncle Henry on the far right loafin down at Clay’s Corner. Wish I could have heard the one man band!…
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On a High Lonesome
Over the weekend I was going through some old blog papers and found something I had forgotten. I’m constantly jotting…
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Best Eating of the Year
“The inexorable turn of the earth toward summer and fall brought busy days in the fields as days got longer…
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Father’s Day 2021
The Deer Hunter, Chitter, and Chatter All of us here at the Blind Pig and The Acorn wish all the…
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Overheard
“Did you look the beans?” “I looked at them when I poured them in the pot.” “You have to look…
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Being Foundered in Appalachia
Foundered is a word I’ve heard my whole life. I’ve heard it most often used in a humorous or teasing…
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Shank of the Day
shank of the afternoon, shank of the day, shank of the evening noun phrase late in the day.1940 Haun Hawks’…
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Desert Blooms in Appalachia
About a week ago I was coming around the side of the house when a splash of color caught my…
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Drinking Water
A mountain spring “While tea and coffee were scarce in the pre-Revolutionary backcountry, most mountain settlers fortunately found themselves with…
