Planting By The Signs For August 2015
Are you planning to plant a fall garden? I’ll be planting a few beds of Kale for my Kale Reporters…
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Some Ragtime Annie and a Dose of Encouragement
Ragtime Annie is a fairly common fiddle tune-its catchy beat makes it easy to see why the tune has…
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Finding Myself
Although I love to head out the back door and walk through the woods it’s seldom I tackle the ridge…
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Overheard
I hired in in 19 and 59. Back when you taught your kids to build straight fences. ————- Tipper Overheard: snippets…
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Making Marbles Out Of Rocks
Many of the stories Pap tells are about his childhood days. As I was helping Granny in the back room…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Cleaning Pap’s Car
The girls’ cleaned up Pap’s car for his birthday. They said it gave them a very satisfied feeling to gift…
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5 Things
1. This girl has been learning about medicinal remedies at the JCCFS. I’m thinking she’ll be doctoring the whole Blind…
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Maycle McCauley Yearout’s Blackberry Cobbler
I found this recipe in Recipes, Remedies & Rumors a set of cookbooks published by the Cades Cove Preservation Association. The recipe is…
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Lord I’m Coming Home
Lord I’m Coming Home was written by William James Kirkpatrick (1838-1921). Kirkpatrick was born in Pennsylvania. His mother was a…
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A Civil War Letter from W.C.’s Fellow Solider
Back in June I told you about Don Casada taking the time to write down all the names mentioned in W.C….
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New Books to Read and a Giveaway!
Blind Pig reader and Appalachian Writer Roy Pipes has a couple of new books out. Some of you may remember…
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Etsy Shop Update
Can you believe it was March when I last updated you on the Blind Pig & the Acorn Etsy Shop?…
