January 2021 – Appalachian Memory Keepers

January 31, 2021November 18, 2020A River of Memories, WritingLeave a comment

Saturday By Jack Burris

The porch was wide with white columns and a plain tongue-and-groove floor. The house was a blue house… Read More

January 25, 2021December 30, 2020Davie Diaries, WritingLeave a comment

Since I love history and genealogy, I decided to try to find out how many of my eight… Read More

January 24, 2021November 18, 2020A River of Memories, WritingLeave a comment

They came across these hills from everywhere. Scotch-Irish, German, and European, and all parts in between. They saw… Read More

January 18, 2021December 30, 2020Davie Diaries, WritingLeave a comment

It all began many years ago when my grandmother, Blanche Dwiggins Smith, gave me a daguerreotype of one… Read More

January 17, 2021November 18, 2020A River of Memories, WritingLeave a comment

This is my dog, Butch. The cat was Boots. The chickens were eventually Sunday dinner; and I got… Read More

January 11, 2021December 30, 2020Davie Diaries, WritingLeave a comment

I had heard from my grandmother Smith that her great-grandfather, Daniel Dwiggins (1779-1856), was a circuit-riding Methodist preacher,… Read More

January 10, 2021November 18, 2020A River of Memories, WritingLeave a comment

The garden was down the hill in front of the house. But for me, at six or so… Read More

January 4, 2021December 30, 2020Davie Diaries, WritingLeave a comment

I had heard from my grandmother, Blanche Dwiggins Smith, that her great-great-grandfather, Daniel Dwiggins, was a circuit-riding Methodist… Read More

January 3, 2021November 18, 2020A River of Memories, WritingLeave a comment

Our forefathers settled this country with an axe and a long rifle. They came from all over the… Read More