Stories of Appalachia

“Young lady, now don’t go gettin’ above your raisin’!” I heard this quite a few times as I... Read More

Growing up in a secluded mountain valley in Southwest Virginia everybody talked alike. I never knew there was... Read More

For this Thanksgiving week’s article I started going through old pictures which always send me sailing down memory... Read More

Ahhhhh…..that feeling of crawling into bed with clean sheets that have been dried on the clothesline. They smell... Read More

Recently I saw a picture on social media of a kid swinging on a grapevine. The writing on... Read More

On the farm, along with the daily milking routine, came seasonal work that had to be done to... Read More

Sloppy Joes…….yep, that is one of the first things I think about when I hear someone mention the... Read More

One, two, three, four, five……… One of the first memories I have of milking was getting to go... Read More

Thanksgiving Day – To most people when they hear these two words thoughts of gathering with family and... Read More

Sunday mornings consisted of getting up, eating the wonderful breakfast that my Nanny had made which 99% of... Read More

Death. To a small child growing up in a small tight-knit mountain community in Southwest Virginia death was... Read More

This “I remember when…” came from a conversation with my daughter. She asked me what I was going... Read More

Community -Webster’s dictionary – 1 a: the people living in an area; also: the area itself. Comers Rock,... Read More