Musician Crys Matthews started her music career here in Boone in 1999, honing her skills in venues like Higher Grounds and Jimmy’s Java. I’ve been living under a rock for the last 10 years, so I haven’t had the pleasure of hearing Crys’ music before now. She has an easy-going, genre-defying style that’s somewhere near [...]

Friday came and went without a peep from me, didn’t it? I’m sorry, and I promise to come back next Friday with something great! Our usual Freebie Friday Round-up didn’t happen because my family and I, like half of the High Country right now, are battling the flu. I have an elderly relative who assures [...]

You know the US Postal Service’s legendary creed? Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. Well, my car is in the ditch, and I’m waiting (in the safety of my home, so no worries) for a tow-truck to come pull it [...]

At our Hillbilly Homeschool, we speak English–sometimes with a bad accent, sometimes without, depending on who’s listening. My husband still remembers a lot of his high-school Spanish, but I don’t know much beyond counting to diez. (The spelling of which I had to look up. That’s how bad it is.) Consequently, I’ve been a little [...]