Spreading The Love & A Song For The Acorns
Time to thank each of you who commented in the month of October! You joined me on my journey…
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Appalachian Burial Customs & Superstitions
When I visit graveyards I look for old headstones and wonder about the folks who lie beneath them. Customs surrounding…
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Two Shadows
In this season of lengthening shadows-I have 2 to share with you. The first is an original poem written by…
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Computers and Granny
Granny and Pap We have 2 computers-one in the girl’s room (not on-line), which they use for homework, games, and…
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Ghosties, Headless Men, and Bloody Bones
Are you familiar with the phenomenon of parents scaring their children? Usually this tactic is employed to prevent children from doing…
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Fatalism In Appalachia
Numerous studies are available about fatalism in Appalachia. A few I’ve read, indicate the first Scots-Irish settlers of Appalachia brought…
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Blog Action Day 2008: Poverty
Today is Blog Action Day 2008, the sponsored topic is Poverty. As I thought about poverty, I felt inadequate to write about the…
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Gomming With Mud
Since cooler weather has arrived in Appalachia-the girls have been enjoying one of their favorite pastimes-gomming in the mud. All…
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A Lad And His Boat
Papaw Wade and Paul Pap’s father, Wade, was an old time Baptist Preacher. Pap heard him tell a story about a lad…
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Afraid In The Moonlight
Pap wearing overalls with his family. When Pap was about 9 years old, he had a favorite hideout. Up the ridge…
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Granny’s Pear Preserves
Summer has supplied a bumper crop of pears in our area. Thankfully-I had access to more than a few. Granny’s…
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Spreading Love To The Acorns
It’s time for September’s Spread the Love-and time to thank all you wonderful commenters who make the Blind Pig a…
