Overheard
“She was so mean! Honey I believe she was from torment.” “From where?” “You know from down there I don’t…
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Ruling Days in Appalachia
“The twelve days beginning on Christmas day, each one of which is said to govern the weather for one month…
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Feeling Puny
I’ve had a bout of the creeping crud. I’m feeling much better, but The Deer Hunter has it now. I’m…
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Happy New Year 2025
All of us here at Blind Pig and The Acorn sincerely hope the new year of 2025 is exactly what…
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Meaningful Christmas Presents
This year Chatter gave Chitter and me the same meaningful present with a nod to Pap and Miss Cindy. Chatter…
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My Favorite Cake for Christmas
ARSH TATER CAKE Irish potato noun—(a) variant forms arsh potato, arsh tater; (b) the common white potato with Irish added…
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Away in a Manger with Granny and Paul
Steve and Tipper “Away in a Manger” has always been one of my favorite Christmas songs. The lyrics have such…
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Favorite Christmas Toys
One of the girls’ dolls Blind Pig reader Don Conn has a question for us. “Around Christmas time, I like…
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Sitting by the Fireplace
Southern Appalachian Digital Collections We would sit around the fire at night of course. The fireplace was the only heat…
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Foil Ornaments
Steve and Tipper at Granny Gazzie’s “Course we didn’t have any electric lights, so our Christmas trees didn’t look like…
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Merry Christmas from Blind Pig and The Acorn 2024
Christmas gift! Granny asked me to share these old photos with you for Christmas. The top one shows a Christmas…
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From the Archives: Granny’s Christmas Eve Story
December 24, 2018 Granny (on right) and her sister Geneaive The other evening I stopped by Granny’s after work like…
