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- Remembering the Schoolhouse(s) Known as “Bell Ridge” in the Morrison City area of North Kingsport, Tennessee January 31, 2020
- A Song of Unity from Long Ago August 19, 2019
- Beautiful Hills of Home August 16, 2019
- When Your Family Tree Becomes All Hung Up July 22, 2019
- “The Storms are on the Ocean” as a Metaphor for Homesickness June 15, 2019
- “Excuse Me, May I Look Inside Your Biscuit?” May 3, 2019
Top Posts & Pages
- Remembering the Schoolhouse(s) Known as “Bell Ridge” in the Morrison City area of North Kingsport, Tennessee
- Robert Sayers Sheffey, Mountain Preacher and Man of Prayer
- Compromise Church
- Appalachian Lexicon
- Remembering Vacation Bible School in the '60s and '70s
- A Barony in the Mountains of Southwest Virginia
- Places I've Lived: Belfast, Virginia
- Places I've Lived: Paint Lick, VA
Tag Archives: southern
A Song of Unity from Long Ago
A man was enjoying the freedom found in the wilderness of the young nation of America. He was living any way he wanted to, not having a moral compass, but doing what he wanted, when he wanted, regardless of any … Continue reading
Posted in Spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged Appalachian, bible, christian, Christianity, Church, faith, God, grace, Holston, Holy Spirit, Jesus, love, Methodism, Methodist, mountain, preacher, religion, singing, southern, Spirituality, Tennessee, United Methodist, United Methodist Church, worship
The Life and Legacy of H. R. W. Hill
“I want my negroes [sic] well treated. But for Abolitionism, I should have been able to do more for them.” Continue reading
Posted in History, Memory
Tagged abolition, African Americans, Cotton, Freemasonry, Hill Family, History, jonesborough, Louisiana, Louisiana Freemasonry, Masonry, McKendree, merchant, Methodist, nashville, New Orleans, North Carolina, Plantation, Slavery, South, southern, Texas, Yellow Fever
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When Frost Falls on the Kudzu
It’s difficult to guard the landscape of our hearts from the invasive vines of time. Continue reading
Posted in Seasons
Tagged Dickensonville, fall, frost, Gate City, grow, holiness, invasive, kudzu, Russell County, Scott County, seasons, southern, Southwest Virginia, thrive, vines, Virginia, vitality
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Christmas with Boiled Custard: I’ll Have Mine with Calf Slobbers!
One of the ancient Christmas traditions in our family, living near the south bank of the North Fork of the Holston River, in Scott County, Virginia, was to gather in at the old family homeplace. Granddaddy Ketron was still living … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Appalachian, Cake, calf, calf slobbers, Cattle, christmas, Cousins, Custard, family, farm, granddaddy, holston river, Mammaw, merangue, milk, milk cow, pappaw, refigerator, scott county virginia, southern
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Reflections on Appalachia, Part One: Mountaineers are Always Free!
I am taken with the stories of the settlement of my home region in the early history of the United States. The mountains became a home of hope for many who were getting away from something worse somewhere else. Their … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged abolition, appalachia, Appalachian Mountains, Appalachian Region, Battle of King's Mountain, civil war, East Tennessee, free, freedom, halifax, jonesborough, Methodist, mountain, mountain people, mountaineers, North Carolina, northern, pioneers, revolutionary war, Rocky Mount, Sevier, southern, southwestern Virginia, state of franklin, Tennessee, Tipton, washington, West Virginia, willie jones
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