tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1563888 2013-05-22T04:00:00-04:00 Celebrating and Preserving the Culture of Appalachia. TypePad BlindPigTheAcornhttp://feedburner.google.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ffe2ad388330192aa1832df970d 2013-05-22T04:00:00-04:00 2013-05-22T06:54:51-04:00 Tipper Photo courtesy of Al, Alice and Ruth website I've got one more story about Killy Kranky to share with you-if you missed the first 2 stories click here and here. We always have such a good time at Mountain Folk...<br/> <br/> (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=O136UPD2t7k:-pM6JwKC3bw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=O136UPD2t7k:-pM6JwKC3bw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=O136UPD2t7k:-pM6JwKC3bw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?i=O136UPD2t7k:-pM6JwKC3bw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=O136UPD2t7k:-pM6JwKC3bw:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BlindPigTheAcorn/~4/O136UPD2t7k" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.blindpigandtheacorn.com/blind_pig_the_acorn/2013/05/we-brought-killy-kranky-home-with-us-well-sort-of.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ffe2ad388330192aa19f489970d 2013-05-21T04:00:00-04:00 2013-05-21T08:57:17-04:00 Tipper The other evening I was walking up the hill from Granny and Pap's when I noticed a Blackberry briar growing in an unlikely place. I probably would have never noticed it-except the white blooms seemed to shine in the shady...<br/> <br/> (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=2Xw4D4RCnwM:jCfnKuVb2jw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=2Xw4D4RCnwM:jCfnKuVb2jw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=2Xw4D4RCnwM:jCfnKuVb2jw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?i=2Xw4D4RCnwM:jCfnKuVb2jw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=2Xw4D4RCnwM:jCfnKuVb2jw:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BlindPigTheAcorn/~4/2Xw4D4RCnwM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.blindpigandtheacorn.com/blind_pig_the_acorn/2013/05/appalachia-through-my-eyes-reaching-for-the-light.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ffe2ad3883301901c58407c970b 2013-05-20T04:00:00-04:00 2013-05-20T06:18:42-04:00 Tipper Love of the Mountains written by Allen Mills Two trees on the hillside of a mountain Always looking up toward the sky Remind me of my Papa and my Moma Who lived there 80 years before they died Now the...<br/> <br/> (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=22IhbjZ3Ero:GupIy93o4-8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=22IhbjZ3Ero:GupIy93o4-8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=22IhbjZ3Ero:GupIy93o4-8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?i=22IhbjZ3Ero:GupIy93o4-8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=22IhbjZ3Ero:GupIy93o4-8:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BlindPigTheAcorn/~4/22IhbjZ3Ero" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.blindpigandtheacorn.com/blind_pig_the_acorn/2013/05/love-of-the-mountains.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ffe2ad38833017eeb40251e970d 2013-05-18T04:00:00-04:00 2013-05-17T20:49:36-04:00 Tipper We used one of the best planting days this past week-Crab-The Breast-Cancer to plant 5 rows of corn and 106 tomato plants! Whew! Seems like every weekend has been too wet or fell under the wrong sign for us to...<br/> <br/> (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=f7x0POx4dLc:vhpt9p_r66w:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=f7x0POx4dLc:vhpt9p_r66w:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=f7x0POx4dLc:vhpt9p_r66w:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?i=f7x0POx4dLc:vhpt9p_r66w:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=f7x0POx4dLc:vhpt9p_r66w:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BlindPigTheAcorn/~4/f7x0POx4dLc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.blindpigandtheacorn.com/blind_pig_the_acorn/2013/05/corn-tomatoes-in-the-ground.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ffe2ad38833019102187fea970c 2013-05-17T04:00:00-04:00 2013-05-16T19:12:03-04:00 Tipper Today's guest post was written by Ethelene Dyer Jones. Herman Davenport, A Champion Patter written by Ethelene Dyer Jones I’m not sure if the old mountain art of hand-patting to music is vanishing from our hills. Herman Davenport (March 10,...<br/> <br/> (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=aTFsdcSEBy8:-USCw8U-WBQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=aTFsdcSEBy8:-USCw8U-WBQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=aTFsdcSEBy8:-USCw8U-WBQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?i=aTFsdcSEBy8:-USCw8U-WBQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=aTFsdcSEBy8:-USCw8U-WBQ:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BlindPigTheAcorn/~4/aTFsdcSEBy8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.blindpigandtheacorn.com/blind_pig_the_acorn/2013/05/herman-davenport-a-champion-patter.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ffe2ad38833017d432cc165970c 2013-05-16T04:00:00-04:00 2013-05-15T20:04:00-04:00 Tipper Each year participants of the Mountain Folk Festival in Berea, KY are given an opportunity to take part in a dance workshop of their choice. Various workshops are offered-things like Morris Dancing, English Country Dancing, Jump Rope Clog, Square Dancing....<br/> <br/> (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=Vf7QdrCdtYw:ZMMscOQKrmw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=Vf7QdrCdtYw:ZMMscOQKrmw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=Vf7QdrCdtYw:ZMMscOQKrmw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?i=Vf7QdrCdtYw:ZMMscOQKrmw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=Vf7QdrCdtYw:ZMMscOQKrmw:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BlindPigTheAcorn/~4/Vf7QdrCdtYw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.blindpigandtheacorn.com/blind_pig_the_acorn/2013/05/the-kentucky-running-set.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ffe2ad3883301910218eaa2970c 2013-05-15T05:59:24-04:00 2013-05-15T06:02:09-04:00 Tipper Spring is the time for graduations throughout Appalachia and beyond. In my county of Cherokee, I can think of 7 graduation ceremonies which occur every year-some folks would have you think nothing as inspiring and uplifting as graduations ever happen...<br/> <br/> (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=yoKSg4eZCtY:irKZU1xjicg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=yoKSg4eZCtY:irKZU1xjicg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=yoKSg4eZCtY:irKZU1xjicg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?i=yoKSg4eZCtY:irKZU1xjicg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=yoKSg4eZCtY:irKZU1xjicg:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BlindPigTheAcorn/~4/yoKSg4eZCtY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.blindpigandtheacorn.com/blind_pig_the_acorn/2013/05/appalachia-through-my-eyes-a-rising-tide-lifts-all-boats.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ffe2ad3883301901bd4a1f2970b 2013-05-14T04:00:00-04:00 2013-05-14T06:01:54-04:00 Tipper Killy Kranky is a song me and the girls learned at this year's Mountain Folk Festival in Berea, KY. We had never heard the song before, but the girls immediately fell in love with the quirky lyrics and have pretty...<br/> <br/> (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=5yRkzfQOWCs:CbNOePfTnbc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=5yRkzfQOWCs:CbNOePfTnbc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=5yRkzfQOWCs:CbNOePfTnbc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?i=5yRkzfQOWCs:CbNOePfTnbc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=5yRkzfQOWCs:CbNOePfTnbc:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BlindPigTheAcorn/~4/5yRkzfQOWCs" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.blindpigandtheacorn.com/blind_pig_the_acorn/2013/05/killiecrankie.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ffe2ad38833017eeb1bf76b970d 2013-05-13T06:02:40-04:00 2013-05-13T06:02:40-04:00 Tipper Today is May 13, 2013. In southern Appalachia the Blackberries are blooming and the temperature at my house is 33 degrees. I'm sure it's even lower in other parts of my county. It's still too dark out to see if...<br/> <br/> (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=FhGDvIy1DPk:jR0CJp2T0AE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=FhGDvIy1DPk:jR0CJp2T0AE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=FhGDvIy1DPk:jR0CJp2T0AE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?i=FhGDvIy1DPk:jR0CJp2T0AE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=FhGDvIy1DPk:jR0CJp2T0AE:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BlindPigTheAcorn/~4/FhGDvIy1DPk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.blindpigandtheacorn.com/blind_pig_the_acorn/2013/05/appalachia-through-my-eyes-blackberry-winter.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ffe2ad38833019102079ff7970c 2013-05-12T04:00:00-04:00 2013-05-11T17:04:42-04:00 Tipper Mother's Day in Appalachia is wearing red or pink flowers if your Mother is still among the living; it's wearing white if she's gone on to wait for you on the other shore. Mother's day in Appalachia is potted flowers...<br/> <br/> (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=7mb8Ygspk-k:yt8nlgDZsRE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=7mb8Ygspk-k:yt8nlgDZsRE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=7mb8Ygspk-k:yt8nlgDZsRE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?i=7mb8Ygspk-k:yt8nlgDZsRE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=7mb8Ygspk-k:yt8nlgDZsRE:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BlindPigTheAcorn/~4/7mb8Ygspk-k" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.blindpigandtheacorn.com/blind_pig_the_acorn/2013/05/appalachia-through-my-eyes-mothers-day.html