Larry and I immersed ourselves in the heritage of our county on Saturday. As many of you know, I’m not one for crowds, and I’m not one to...

I’ve gone country for this week’s Random 5. I’m joining in with Nancy of A Rural Journal for Random 5 Friday, where, as Nancy says, “you...

The road from Altavista to Evington is a narrow, sometimes very curvy two-lane highway, 10 miles of country road. For a long time, I wa...

Grace Peterson. (Submitted photo) I am very pleased to present an interview I did with Grace Peterson, author of Reaching: A Memoir ....

It’s Friday, and it’s time to link up with Nancy’s A Rural Journal for Random 5 Friday, where, as Nancy says, “you can share 5 random fact...

Sunday was very hot and humid. Most days lately have been like that, the same kind of weather that many of you have experienced. But I’m ...

Today is my mother’s 86 th birthday. I don’t write a lot about my mother. We’re not close, for many reasons that I won’t go into ...