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Sample Past Posts
- 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
- A Barony in the Mountains of Southwest Virginia
- Remembering Vacation Bible School in the '60s and '70s
- The Flood of 1977
- Disappearing Towns: Morrison City
- Robert Sayers Sheffey, Mountain Preacher and Man of Prayer
- A Sunny Day in Sharon Springs
- A Conversation that didn't Go Well
- History of a Part of Weber City, Virginia
- Places I've Lived: Paint Lick, VA
- Ode to Soup Beans and Corn Bread
Tag Archives: stories
The Appalachian Region Has Died. Long Live Appalachia!
I truly believe that there is a source of grace that will bring hope once again out of the despair of Appalachia. God has not abandoned us. Continue reading →
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Tagged appalachia, Appalachian Mountains, Appalachian Region, coal economy, culture, despair, diaspora, end of coal, hope, hopelessness, Memory, music, region, self-reliance, stories
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Turpentine and Corn-shelling
Pappaw loved to tell stories under the big maple tree in the back yard (which used to be the front yard until the new highway was built). He would be chewing tobacco and whittling on a piece of red cedar … Continue reading →
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Tagged Corn, country life, country story, pappaw, stories, tobacco juice, Turpentine, whittling
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