Front Porch Philosophy
Friday Nights In a Small Town
Friday night football in a small town isn’t about the scoreboard. It’s about community gathering under the lights, lifting our kids up through every win and every hard‑earned loss. […]
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Dolly’s Light Will Continue to Shine
There are some people whose names feel like home. You hear them and something inside you settles, the way your shoulders drop when you finally sit down on a familiar porch after a long day. […]
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When Rock & Roll Was King
I was seven and a half years old when the Rock ’n’ Roll Express came crashing into my world like a double dropkick to the soul. It was 1985, and I was already knee-deep in […]
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Plasterco: A Small Place With a Big Story
If you drive far enough down the backroads of Southwest Virginia, past the rolling pastureland and the quiet hollers where the mountains fold in on themselves, you’ll find a place called Plasterco. It is small […]
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Before Apps, We Had Johnny Wood
Growing up around the Tri‑Cities, you didn’t just watch the weather. You watched Johnny Wood. He was as much a part of our mornings as the smell of coffee drifting through the house or the […]
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Surviving Sunday Service With a Purse the Size of a Buick
There was a time when every church had at least three old ladies whose purses were less handbags and more portable command centers. You could have survived a long weekend in the woods with whatever […]