Smokey Mountain Breakdown

This past week, I had to be in Newport to take care of some business at the courthouse. The courthouse in Newport is like any bitty little S...

Okay, so I'm back. I took to my bed in despair with the passing of Fat Buddy and haven't written on the blog since. But things are g...

After fourteen years of snack stealing, unrepentant repetitive barking, trash scrounging, undeserved entitlement and all around outrageous b...

I am turning into my mother’s best friend as I age. Which is just fine, since even as a teenager, I wanted to be just like this nutty woman ...

The summer issue of Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine is out and it's a really good one. I think this is my favorite of the Appa...

I've not been keeping up with the blog--basically, the time has come when I have to make a decision about the dial-up. So what have I be...

It's the first time in several years that I've felt well enough to plant the garden and I've gotten off to a good start. Planted...