Growing up on Island Creek in Pikeville, KY, my sister and I had the best childhood ever. No, seriously, it was almost magical. For one,...

My husband told me about a dog he had when he was a boy. The dog had Beagle ears and body with a Chihuahua head, legs and tail. It yapped...

No one owned a pocket knife in the mountains of Appalachia; almost every man and boy carried a jackknife. It was a youngster’s rite of...