About the subscription

Hi, Friends!

Local stories delivered every Sunday morning in a distinct "down-home" style by an award-winning writer and National Teachers Hall of Fame member.

Since I retired from a five-year stint of writing an award-winning regular Sunday column for the Bristol Herald Courier, I had several hundred friends ask if I would continue writing a column in another format - in my own personal local “storytelling” style.

So … here it is, my friends!

(Paid subscriptions go toward helping needy children, families, and the homeless in Bristol - which helps a lot with the Holidays upcoming. Bless you for subscribing.)

As a full subscriber you will receive a local story of interest every Wednesday and Sunday; a twice weekly piece of Bristol - and our entire Appalachian region.

(P.S. - If you want to subscribe but don’t want to pay online, please mail me a $50 check for an annual subscription - please don’t forget to include your email - and I will put you in the system manually myself. To: Hometown Stories, P.O. Box 861, Bristol VA 24203. Thank you!)

(Great news! May it do you good to know that by becoming a fully paid subscriber you are also helping me help needy children, families, and the homeless in Bristol. Proceeds go toward such causes.)

My column/newsletter is intended to have a distinctively down-home, personal feel. 

I include unusual and original stories about our region’s people, places, and ideas.

Stories that bond us together in our common humanity.

Stories you like to hear.

Stories you need to hear.

Stories you will find nowhere else.

Please hit “Subscribe”. You’ll be glad you did. 😊

Why subscribe?

I truly want everyone to have access to a full subscription, regardless of one’s economic situation.

(Remember, by becoming a fully paid subscriber - only $50 if paid annually - you are also helping me help needy children, families, and the homeless in Bristol. Thank you!)

You will also receive information about opportunities and goings-on that help better our local community and region. Videos, too!

Each Sunday edition of the column/newsletter goes directly to your email inbox.

You will have full access to all back issues, as well!

As a full subscriber, you are literally helping uplift our community - in countless ways.