Appalachia Through My Eyes – Chester Drawers
I say chester drawers. Do you say chest of drawers? Over the weekend my cousin said she had a word…

I say chester drawers. Do you say chest of drawers? Over the weekend my cousin said she had a word…

Over yonder in the graveyard Where the wild wild flowers grow Oh there laid my own true lover He’s gone…

Once we made the decision to hike back to the Little Cataloochee Baptist Church for the girls to sing-I started…

My name is Cora Lee Mease. I was born and raised in the Little Cataloochee Valley. But just cause I…

I’ve been in lots of old buildings-churches, cabins, houses, factories, etc. Sometimes I feel something inside them-even the ones that…

I discovered the music of Ola Belle Reed about 6 months ago. How I missed her all my life-I’ll never…

Life really is a bowl of cherries. Every once in a while I just need to remind myself to spit…

Time to Spread the Love for the month of July. I’m sending a great big THANK YOU to all the Acorns who…

This pretty wildflower grows all along the edge of my yard-nodding it’s bright eyes at me every time I walk…

When I was growing up, the only pickles Granny ever made were Bread and Butter Pickles. After The Deer Hunter…

Can you see the house through the ivy-the outline of the chimney? To say the old house has almost been…

Hard to believe it used to be a home with memories like the worst whipping a little boy in overalls…