Appalachia Through My Eyes – Water Spiders
Water spiders…the only kind of spider I wasn’t afraid of as a child. I used to think water spiders had…
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Overheard
“At one time in history this area had more jobs than it knew what to do with. Really, it was…
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Escape
Today’s guest post was written by Ethelene Dyer Jones. Chatter’s bare feet in the soil. It all took me back…
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Walk In The Yard With Me
This time of the year I find myself walking around the yard as often as I can. I’ll go out…
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Typepad Hit By Attackers AGAIN!
If you tried to access the Blind Pig & the Acorn yesterday-you most likely got an error instead of a…
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Have You Ever Heard Bait Used To Describe Food?
A few weeks ago Blind Pig Reader, Mel Hawkins sent me the email below: Tipper: I grew up hearing (&…
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Love Lifted Me
James Rowe James Rowe was born in Ireland and worked for the Irish Government before emigrating to the USA…
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Squash Report…Glad To Have Mine In The Ground!
It was way back in February (can you believe May is half over!!!?) that I deputized 16 Blind Pig &…
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Garbage
Today’s guestpost was written by Garland Davis. I just put my garbage bin out for tomorrow’s pick up. When…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – The Orange Is Calling To Me
The Mountain Azaleas are in full bloom in my part of Appalachia. Some folks call them wild honeysuckle, others call…
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Overheard
“Let’s see Joe, you’re gonna get your toes mashed off. Ain’t you got no boots?” —————— Tipper Overheard: snippets of conversation I…
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Killed Lettuce
killed salad, kilt salad noun A salad made by pouring boiling grease over lettuce or other greens. Same as wilted…
