Marriages in the South are deeply rooted in tradition. Many people chose to be married at their parents’ home or their family church with close family members in attendance. Something old – something new – something borrowed – something blue – and the beginning of a loving family. Noah and…
As I have been on this journey with Kelley over the last few years, we have had a lot of conversations about the county and how times are changing, especially over the last 40 yrs. For a large part of the Ashe County population, things never changed that much from…
Remember when you were young and the whole family dressed up on Sundays? After church there would be a wonderful dinner with family and all the relatives able to get there. Sunday dinner with ham, potato salad, green beans, corn bread, collards, onions – what a feast! What was your…
I grew up just around the hill from my maternal grandparents, this gave me lots of time to spend with them throughout my life. Those experiences shaped me in ways big and small. I have many fond memories and stories and I have more than a few I would like…
WALT’S CAMPFIRE SAYING GOODBYE Copyright 2-6-19 Walt Hampton A long life is both a blessing and a curse. As the years pass we have to endure the unendurable, the loss of someone close to us. I do my very best to try to concentrate on the…
WALT’S CAMPFIRE CONTINUITY Copyright 2-18-19 Walt Hampton Over the course of my lifetime I have had an abiding interest in archaeology; in fact, when I was in college I struggled with the idea of making my vocation something in the paleontology/archaeology field, so much so that…
WALT’S CAMPFIRE THE BLINK OF AN EYE COPYRIGHT 1-23-19 I do not profess to know what my people thought or felt, living in these mountains two hundred years ago, but I have to believe that like me, they had to have some sense of the…
WALT’S CAMPFIRE COLUMN 13 THE WAY FORWARD Copyright 2018 Walt Hampton 3-2018 I would like to profoundly thank Kelly St. Germain and the AMK non-profit organization, for allowing me the opportunity over the last few weeks to express my feelings about our wonderful Appalachian home; and…
Hi, Folks! Well, after writing for Germain Media and Appalachian Memory Keepers for over two years it is time for me to step aside. It is time for someone else to showcase their experiences and views of our beloved Appalachian Mountains, Culture & People. I’m looking forward to being just…
The mountains are full of mystery and always have been. There are still places that humans have not trod on for hundreds of years and maybe even thousands. Brooks, rocks and crevices and no one knows exactly what is there. It seems in the past more reports surfaced of the…
