Stories of Appalachia

The mountains are full of mystery and always have been. There are still places that humans have not... Read More

(Author’s Note) : This article is written in honor of all those Grandparents who didn’t get to have... Read More

The sun shone brightly over the hill as I kicked the toe of my worn out shoe against... Read More

If you are like some of us that are a little older, then you remember your parents talking... Read More

The sun shone a golden whirl of trees and leaves, as our old truck shook down the washboard... Read More

Today, I turn to a subject many of you know about. Survival. Survival in the Appalachian mountains has... Read More

If you grew up in the small communities that dotted the South, then you probably have fond memories... Read More

It often seems in the busy lives we live now, we lose connections with the past memories, sometimes... Read More

When you are a child, most family stories seem rather cute accounts of people that lived long ago.... Read More

If you grew up in a large, boisterous Appalachian family like I did then you realize how memories... Read More

I love exploring cemeteries and the mountains are full of them. Sometimes, one or two straggling graves off... Read More

If you grew up in a small community, like those in the Appalachian mountains, then you probably remember... Read More