Reading in Appalachia
“Gertie thumbed through one of the books. Many of the poems were familiar as old neighbors who, though moved away…
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Children and Religion in Appalachia
Chitter and Chatter “A thump, thumping and smothered cries took her rushing to the stairway in time to catch Cassie…
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Strange Cars Bringing News from Beyond
Pap, his Uncle, and cousin George in New Port News VA during WWII “Gertie thought for an instant of a…
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Hills and Hollers of Appalachia are a Comfort
“She thought on Ann Liz and her farming as she reached the far end of the row where far below…
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September 2, 1945
Harshaw Road – Cherokee County NC September 2, 1945 the Japanese delegation formally signed the instrument of surrender marking the…
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Vacation Fun
The girls and I snuck off to the beach a while back. We had a wonderful time. The weather was…
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Calling Places by People’s Names Who Are Long Gone On
There’s something exceedingly nostalgic and at the same time reverent about place names that honor those who lived, loved, worked…
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Hole Rose
You may remember a few weeks back I shared the guest post “The Murder (?) of Hol Rose” written by…
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Dog Days in Appalachia
Have you ever heard of dog days? I’ve heard about them all my life. They occur in the latter part…
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Ruminations on an Old Rocking Chair
Jim Casada sent me this piece he wrote about his Grandpa Joe after my recent post about rocking chairs. Grandpa…
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Rockin’ Chairs
“Uncle Billy McCoy, who counts his years at two past a hundred, figures there’s nothing like a rocking chair for…
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A Sight Of
“There was a sight of rocks where we grew a garden. Poppa had us stack them along the edges of…
