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Mountain Laurel
Her name was Laurel just like the flowers that covered the mountains in the spring. Her face told the story of her life, every wrinkle a new chapter, every line contained a tale. She was old as the mountains and as young as the buds on the trees. On warm days you could see her with her white sunbonnet on flitting amongst the shade trees gathering herbs and roots. At night you could see her carrying a lantern through the trees communing with the wisps and the haints. Everyone said it was just foxfire but I knew it was her. I first meet her when I was fairly young playing…
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What are Ramps and How Do You Cook Them?
Call them ramps, spring onions, ramsons, wild leeks or wild garlic, as Mamaw Flotie would say "hit don't matter what ya call'em they'll cure what ails ye". Recipes for Spring Tonic and Ramp Shrimp Scampi included.
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Mother Nature is Menopausal
It seems that Mother Nature cannot decide if it is going to be hot or cold. Hot flashes followed by night sweats which than leads to freezing. Her mood swings are off the charts with more hurricane's, earthquakes, and tornado's then normal.
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Coal Camp Stranger
Mr. Anders had seen a family tossed out by hired men just hours after the father had been killed in a mine explosion. A woman heavy with child and four little children with nowhere to go tossed out like garbage. He could still hear her crying and screaming in Italian not understanding what was happening.
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Bashful Smile
Could this child be a relative, maybe a distant cousin with those blonde eyelashes like mine and that nose that looks like my son's? I don't recollect any family in the Scott's Run area but sometimes families traveled when a mine closed.
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Waiting No Waiting #WordlessWednesday
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What I liked in November: Splendid Color
It's time to share my favorites on Instagram in November. In November, Mother Nature was painting with all her glory so I choose the colors of fall as my theme for November. I hope you enjoy!
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Food for the Starving
The city I live in is considered ground zero for the opioid epidemic. In a city that has less than 50,000 people, 1 in 4 adults is addicted to an opiate and 1 in every 10 babies born in 2016 were born addicted.
