Planting By The Signs – Finally A Test That Worked
My fall garden is producing a bumper crop of radishes, greens, and turnips. Some of you may remember-I made sure to plant my…
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Gathering Corn
When Pap was a boy, corn was the most important crop folks grew-I guess it still is for many farmers….
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Spreading The October Love
Time to Spread the Love for October. I’d like to send a great big THANK YOU to all the folks who…
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Spooky October 7: A Mother’s Love Defied The Bonds Of Death
A MOTHER’S LOVE DEFIED THE BONDS OF DEATH (A Mountain Story) by Ethelene Dyer Jones This morning is cloudy and…
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The Belled Buzzards
Ever heard stories about a buzzard that flew around wearing a bell? Here’s an old newspaper article detailing one such instance:…
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Spooky October 6
This entry comes from Kathleen at Eggs In My Pocket. Here is a spooky story…..this is a true story that…
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Haunting Songs
Music is huge part of my life-that’s no surprise to anyone who reads the Blind Pig on a regular basis. My…
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Brown Mountain Lights
I was going to write about the mysterious Brown Mountain Lights that occur in NC. But I found this video,…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 12
With all the haints and spooks running about-I almost forgot about this month’s Vocabulary Test. This test is unusual for me-I…
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Spooky October 5 – The Hainted House
This Spooky October entry comes from Dave Tabler over at Appalachian History. This is the story of the hainted house down…
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Bottle Trees
Ever seen a bottle tree? Usually the bottles are stuck on the branches of the tree. This one near my house-has…
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We Walked Through History
Friday found me and the girls high on a mountain slope in Haywood County, NC-near Jonathan Creek. The girl’s class had…
