Appalachian Vocabulary Test 15
Time for this month’s vocabulary test. See how you do: Haint Har Hearn Heist Hell Haint: ghost. “I hear…
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Hog Killin Day
Hog Killin Day by Keith Jones When it starts to get cold in the fall, the old-timers would always say,…
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Hog Killing In Appalachia
All one has to do is to take a walk through the local grocery store’s meat department to see the variety it…
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Making Cornbread
Even before we began our journey of corn, I knew in Appalachia, cornbread was the most common way folks today and…
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How Cold Is It At Your House?
When I got up this morning-it was 8 degrees. After I dropped the girls off at school, the radio informed me over…
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Spreading December’s Love
Time to Spread the Love for the month of December. I had a wonderful December that was full of Christmas,…
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Happy New Year
As I look back over 2009 I’m happy with the progress made here on the Blind Pig & The Acorn site-mostly I’m thankful…
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Ever Hear Gun Shots At Your House?
Over Christmas Miss Cindy came to visit and got snowed in. Not from snow at our house (we only got…
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Appalachian Writers
A few months ago I had the pleasure of interviewing one of my favorite writers, Marshall McClung. Marshall’s writing style and…
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Merry Christmas From The Blind Pig & The Acorn
I’m wishing each of you a Merry Christmas and giving you a song to send some cheer to you and your…
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Our First Christmas In The Matheson Cove, 1936
Our First Christmas In The Matheson Cove, written by Eddie Lee Mull Garrett In December, 1936, I was not yet…
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Christmas Traditions From Appalachia
If you celebrate Christmas, I’m sure you have some traditions that go along with it. Sometimes traditions are handed down from…
