The mountains are full of mystery and always have been. There are still places that humans have not… Read More
Who Needs a Grandpa Anyway? by Clara Spencer
(Author’s Note) : This article is written in honor of all those Grandparents who didn’t get to have… Read More
Hard Lesson to Learn by Clara Spencer
The sun shone brightly over the hill as I kicked the toe of my worn out shoe against… Read More
Reading, Writing and Arithmetic by Clara Spencer
If you are like some of us that are a little older, then you remember your parents talking… Read More
They Have Their Ways by Clara Spencer
The sun shone a golden whirl of trees and leaves, as our old truck shook down the washboard… Read More
I G Spencer by Clara Spencer
Today, I turn to a subject many of you know about. Survival. Survival in the Appalachian mountains has… Read More
The Jot ‘Em Down Hole by Clara Spencer
If you grew up in the small communities that dotted the South, then you probably have fond memories… Read More
Going Back In Time by Clara Spencer
It often seems in the busy lives we live now, we lose connections with the past memories, sometimes… Read More
Uncle Victor by Clara Spencer
When you are a child, most family stories seem rather cute accounts of people that lived long ago…. Read More
Finding Annie by Clara Spencer
If you grew up in a large, boisterous Appalachian family like I did then you realize how memories… Read More