Fall Festival Memories
John C. Campbell Folk School hosts many events throughout the year, but their annual Fall Festival is by far the…
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Brasstown Community Helps the Folk School Begin
By the time Olive Dame Campbell and Marguerite Butler decided Brasstown would be the location of the Folk School Fred…
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The Legend: Fred O. Scroggs
Fred O. Scroggs – Photo by Doris Ulmann Fred O. Scroggs, native Brasstownian and store owner, is credited with convincing…
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The Birth of the Folk School
Photo courtesy of John C. Campbell Folk School John C. Campbell Folk School was established in 1925 by Olive Dame…
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Easy Almond Butter Cookies
Over the weekend I made a batch of almond butter cookies. I found the recipe in “The Folk School Cookbook.”…
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Sean of the South’s Podcast Features The Pressley Girls
Sean Dietrich writes about his life in the South. He also hosts a weekly podcast. Here’s the text from his…
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Antigodlin
A few posts back Blind Pig reader Terry Stites left this comment: “Can anyone help me with a word? Antigodlin,means…
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Hard to Stop Nature from Taking Over
This summer seems to have been busier than usual for the Blind Pig Family. Our schedule was jam packed with…
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Sayings from Suzann
My friend Suzann is always sending me colorful sayings. Suzann and I went to elementary school together and as adults…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Tater Digging Time
It’s tater digging time in Robbinsville, NC, and throughout Appalachia, for folks who planted taters way back in the spring…
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Things are a Changing
The temperature has been in the high 80s and low 90s over the last week here in Brasstown, yet there’s…
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Memories of Syrup Making Days
Chitter skimming syurp “When I was young, I always looked forward to the late summer because it meant syrup-making time….
