Here we are again, a new year is upon us. I am not one for resolutions but if you are, now would be the time. What else is it time for? That depends are where you are. Some of the things I do to get ready to face a new year? For me it is about starting the year...
As I started to take a look at what traditions were a part of the Appalachian and Blue Ridge Mountains for Christmas I noticed a pattern of changes. Railroads, coalmines, return of solders from war all effected the way celebrations and traditions were handled here in...
Recently my husband and I had a wonderful day of adventure by taking the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad out of Bryson City. Having never ridden on a train before this was quite the treat, relax, watch the world go by and hear a narrative of what this part of the...
Last week we talked some about town squares. I am going to recommend any tour you take of a N. Georgia town begin there, this includes Blairsville. But make your first stop the OLD Courthouse as it now is the home of The Union County Historical Society and Museum....
Education in our mountain regions is not new. Folks have been passing on traditions for many generations. The mixture of highlanders, native Indians and early Europeans created by necessity a unique way of life and that has carried forward in everything from our...
