Overheard
First person: “Do you want to sit down? Here take my seat.” Second person: “No, I like being in a…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Disbelieving Teenager
I was trying to enlighten and educate Chatter with some newly discovered Christmas knowledge I recently acquired when she gave…
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Merry Christmas From The Blind Pig & The Acorn
Each of us here at the Blind Pig & the Acorn wish you a very Merry Christmas! Tipper
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Toasted Pecans
I wanted something salty to go along with all the sweets the girls and I have been making for Christmas-I…
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I Dream Of Christmases Of Long Ago
I Dream Of Christmas written by Granny Wilson I dream of Christmases of long ago Of trampling home thru cold…
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Coconut Bonbons
Many Christmases ago, a lunchroom lady gave me a coconut bonbon her daughter made. Why do I remember that one…
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God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
While I’ve always like the Christmas song God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, it wasn’t one I grew up singing. I…
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Coffee Filter Christmas Trees
I believe the girls learned to make coffee filter Christmas trees in elementary school-if not there then somewhere along the…
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How To Make A Christmas Kissing Ball
It was back in December of 2010 that B.Ruth sent me the follow email: I use pine, cedar, magnolia, balsam,…
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Stamey Creek Creations
A few weeks ago I told you I had re-opened the Blind Pig & The Acorn Etsy Shop and explained…
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Belsnickle And Christmas
Belsnickles from Pendleton County, WV-notice the masks on the floor at their feet. (third man from left is Boss Bland-a…
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The Christmas Serenade
“On Christmas Eve night, we’d all go a-serenadin’. We went from house to house. We’d put on different old clothes,…
