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It's not four-leaf lucky clovers, but the common three leaf shamrock who is the star of this Saint Patrick's Day story. Saint Patrick was >>

In 2014 I had a big plan. The kids were going to high school after homeschooling for seven years, and it was time for me to get out and...

Great songwriters and other creative artists come into this world and touch us all. My dad Kim Williams lives on through songs on the radio

Bob Marley would be 75 years old today. To celebrate the life and accomplishments of Robert Nesta Marley, here are a few highlights

Wisdom isn't something you hear people talk about very much in relation to hillbillies, but it's there. My mamaw, Elzada Griffith Manis was

Thinking positively doesn't always come easily for me. Einstein famously said, "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used

Most everybody knows by now that black eyed peas are considered good luck food to eat at the New Year. Hillbillies are taught at a young age

Civil War Orphan Grandma Elzada: an essay about family and hillbilly culture from awarded songwriter Amanda Colleen Williams.

Memorial Day: In Remembrance of Uncle Larry: an essay by awarded songwriter Amanda Colleen Williams.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day reflections: an essay by awarded songwriter Amanda Colleen Williams.

Introductory essay by awarded songwriter Amanda Colleen Williams.

I Am Country: an essay about what it means to be country by awarded songwriter Amanda Colleen Williams.

Art is perspective: an essay about the views of a songwriter artist from East Tennessee Appalachia.

The Appalachia Mountains are home to many of America's original musical forms including bluegrass, country, and the blues.

Hillbilly culture is the sum total of the art, stories, and useful crafts of the resourceful people living along the Appalachia Mountains.

Quilting is a popular craft in hillbilly culture of the Appalachia Mountains.