I remember her standing over the old, white wood stove with the water warmer and the biscuit warmers…. Read More
The Old Man By Jack Burris
The old man and me met on a dirt road. He got out of his old Chevy truck… Read More
Green Gold By Jack Burris
Another time, another vital way of life for mountain folk. Green gold. You were allotted how much tobacco… Read More
Going Home By Linda H. Barnette
In 1980, my dad became ill with a rare disease called polymyositis. He was very weak and was… Read More
If Walls Could Talk By Jack Burris
The old barn has a story. I closed my eyes and could feel the barn “talking” to me…… Read More
Family Reunion By Linda H. Barnette
When I was a little girl, one of the big events of the summer was my dad’s family… Read More
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
More Civil War Soldiers By Linda H. Barnette
Since I love history and genealogy, I decided to try to find out how many of my eight… Read More
The Most Beautiful Plant in the World By Jack Burris
They came across these hills from everywhere. Scotch-Irish, German, and European, and all parts in between. They saw… Read More
The Daguerreotype By Linda H. Barnette
It all began many years ago when my grandmother, Blanche Dwiggins Smith, gave me a daguerreotype of one… Read More