Thankful November – Thank God
There’s a road that’s straight and narrowThat the saints have travelled onPaved with all the tribulationsOf the martyrs who have…

There’s a road that’s straight and narrowThat the saints have travelled onPaved with all the tribulationsOf the martyrs who have…

It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases….

One evening, after we’d been there a few weeks, the dark mountain shadows were moving toward the house, and in…

Thanksgsiving Gettin’ together to smile an’ rejoice,An’ eatin’ an’ laughin’ with folks of your choice;An’ kissin’ the girls an’ declarin’…

Women attended quilting bees and quilting parties while none of the other household chores warranted such gatherings. Baking, making kraut,…

Pa would send us above the barn in the woods with a tow sack to gather leaves for the cow…

Peanut Butter Fudge Bring sugar, butter and milk to boil. Boil 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Add peanut butter and…

Last week Paul shared his original song “Little Heart of Stone” on our Blind Pig and the Acorn YouTube channel….

On a typical day we got up at four o’clock in the morning, whether you needed to or not. We…

Anyways, then we always cleaned off th’garden and fixed it and burnt all th’trash. We us t’have a big garden…

Grandpa had an apple tree that produced hundreds of big beautiful red apples. Papa had dug several right good-sized holes…

Many quilts, especially in the early days of “housekeeping,” were made purely for everyday use, and no pretense was made…