A remarkable family connection emerged during the global upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. My wife’s aunt married a nice man from her church. My first face-to-face introduction to him revealed a profound personal history. My new uncle, Jerry, life’s journey was intertwined with the themes of adoption, rural placements, and the emotional complexities thatContinue reading “How do you get to kindness?”
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Fulks Run Grocery
What do a mounted moose head, extensive arrowhead collection, cigar box guitar, and antique croquet mallets have in common? Nothing, except for one place in the universe. Maybe one place in the entire multiverse. A place where you could find all those things and get a ham sandwich. I read about a place that advertisedContinue reading “Fulks Run Grocery”
Soft kindness from a hard place.
Appalachia has a reputation in the outside world as a hard place to live. If you are driving through a disintegrating coal village, you will miss most of the ordinary living that is happening. I look to Tipper Pressley and Shane Simmons to bring stories of simple pleasures and good living from Appalachia. I liveContinue reading “Soft kindness from a hard place.”