My husband Donnie was raised near the Brushy Mountains of North Carolina, a little set of scenic, high hills in the central part of the…
Long before I'd heard of Sylvester Graham, when I was a child, way back when, in the good old days, once upon a time… we…
Jay Lehman had a dream. It was a modest dream. But the dream of Lehman's Store that started in a tiny community among people who…
For the third time, my husband Donnie and I were making a foray into Holmes County, Ohio, home to the second-largest population of Amish families…
It has been speculated that until recent history, around the 1600-1700s, Western people were not much interested in helping each other. Societies were feudal and…
Watch any old movie about rural life, cow towns, farming, or homesteading, and you are bound to see at least one episode taking place…
This is a story of greed, corruption, and the struggle for religious freedom. The story begins in one of history’s gloomiest times, the Dark Ages.…
