This post is for anyone who has left home. I don’t mean to go to the grocery store or even for vacation. This is for folks who have packed their…
Dear West Virginia
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10 Great Places to Get Appalachian Crafts
It looks like Appalachian crafters are finally getting their due. This week, USA Today ran 10 Great Places to Shop at Craft Galleries, and not one, not two, but three…
Will Legal Pot End Appalachia’s Biggest Cash Crop?
White lightning might be Appalachia’s most famous vice, but the smokable pleasure of green lightning is reported to be our most lucrative one. According to a 2008 History Channel documentary…
Appalachian Women, Living Full Throttle
What is it about Appalachian women? Take my mother for instance. She is 64 as of today (happy birthday, Momma!) and still a tornado of a woman. Two weeks ago,…
The Dearing Home Place
There has been no stirring in her henhouse. No rooster has sounded. Neither have her children. Polly Dearing is up before all of them. She stands outside the kitchen door…
The Lost Art of Preacher Cookies
My niece and nephew had never eaten preacher cookies. They were visiting last week, and I asked if they wanted to make a batch. I got blank stares. I described…