When you think of the word vegan what do you think of? California surfer dude who only drinks kombucha and east raw veggies all day long? What about vegetarian? A crunchy mom in New York or maybe some kind of …
How to Survive Life After Rehab
Last updated on June 26th, 2022The recovery process involved when you go to rehab for addiction doesn’t end when you complete the program and leave the facility. You may feel like you’ve overcome your problem and regained full control of …
6 Foods for a Healthy Heart (with Appalachian Soupbeans Recipe)
Last updated on July 21st, 2021 If you want to make sure you live a long and healthy life, you will want to take precautions with your lifestyle, your diet and also try to live as happily as you can. …
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 …
Anthony Bourdain Saw the Heart of Appalachia and Understood It
Anthony Boudain understood us like no outsider has. He saw the hearts and souls of the people of West Virginia. This world is a little less bright today for me as I mourn a friend I never actually met.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Waiting No Waiting #WordlessWednesday
Last updated on September 14th, 2018
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!
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.