Dreamy Visitors

I had a dream that our home was a tourist attraction and we had charged people to visit. I gave the crowd a guided tour, focused on the art, mostly photographs, hanging on

Demon Copperhead

I've read a few non-fiction books about Appalachia and the opioid crisis. This book tells that story with more emotion and more resonance than any of them. And a lot more

Extra Long Tennessee I

I went to the eye doctor and it was a good example of the extra long I sound that is part of the Tennessee accent. The most common vowel sounds are short and

Greening of the Mountain

When you move somewhere in the winter, you don't really know what things look like in other seasons. We live at the base of a mountain and since we moved in,