This is my dog, Butch. The cat was Boots. The chickens were eventually Sunday dinner; and I got… Read More
Connections to Center By Linda H. Barnette
I had heard from my grandmother Smith that her great-grandfather, Daniel Dwiggins (1779-1856), was a circuit-riding Methodist preacher,… Read More
Home By Jack Burris
The garden was down the hill in front of the house. But for me, at six or so… Read More
Circuit Riding Preacher By Linda H. Barnette
I had heard from my grandmother, Blanche Dwiggins Smith, that her great-great-grandfather, Daniel Dwiggins, was a circuit-riding Methodist… Read More
Mountain Heritage By Jack Burris
Our forefathers settled this country with an axe and a long rifle. They came from all over the… Read More
Camp Meetings By Linda H. Barnette
Before the days of large numbers of churches in the Piedmont section of North Carolina, the tradition of… Read More
C.C. Stump
In this edition of Appalachian Moments we roam the hillsides with a saddle bag preacher! In the aftermath… Read More
Church Street Today By Linda H. Barnette
In 1998, after having lived in Garden Valley for a long time and realizing that we wouldn’t always… Read More
The Faded Red Canoe By Jack Burris
I have this canoe. When I was a young man, it was bright red. It was seldom ever… Read More
Coal
Today on Appalachian Moments we stoke the debate on coal and share stories of growing up in coal… Read More