“A protective or decorative garment worn over the front of one’s clothes to protect the wearer’s clothing and tied at the back.” This is the definition of an apron. If you were raised in this mountain range, it is likely that you had an older woman in your life who…
This is a picture of me in first grade. I was kind of shy, smiling that crooked little smile, but I felt pretty and confident in that dress. It was bright red, with little red buttons going down the front and the bottom part flaired out. It was one of…
I heard a story once from my mom about a couple that lived not to far from where she was raised. The husband was hard working farmer, rough and hardened by the life he had been given. His wife, equally hardworking, was proud and strong willed. Married at a young…
For as long as I can remember, I have rested peacefully under the warm soft covers of a handmade pieced quilt. My mother and grandmothers quilted and I took for granted how nice it was to have it there on the bed during the winter. I never gave much thought…
I wish I was more like my mother. She was a proud, hardworkingAppalachian woman. She learned the value of hard work as a child, hoeing out the corn fields along side her brothers. She learned the value of knowledge, even though she had to quit school, by learning to read…
