Echo From the Hills

Midsummer heat beams down up the hills now, and we are surrounded by green hills, green meadows and green lawns....

Independence Day and America’s birthday is almost upon us. The spacious skies above our hills stretch out blue and almost...

Today is West Virginia’s birthday, and I am pondering the reason why God chose to put me in this particular...

Fathers come in all sorts of shapes and sizes—short, tall, curly hair, no hair, old, young, skinny, stout, etc.—but one...

Warm June sunshine beams down upon hills that are ready for summer, after the wetter than usual springtime weather. The...

May departs, and June floats in with billowing garments of varied green, with rose petals in her hair and daisies...

The “piney roses” also called peonies, are blooming now, ushering in Memorial Day. We called it “Decoration Day,” and it...

Honeysuckle vine, with its yellow and white flowers and sweet fragrance, has always bloomed on the banks of Clay at...

We are on the threshold of one of the most precious holidays of the year—Mother’s Day.  Many songs and poems...

The mild days of May that we have always looked forward to and loved, have been blown in by strong...