Blue Ridge Mountain Memories and more . . . 

The Mountain Laurel and people from all over the country mourn the loss of Miss Addie Wood, of Mayberry Trading Post on the Blue Ridge Parkway at Meadows of Dan, Virginia.

She lived to the grand old age of 102 and died June 1, 2004. She was a wonderful, one-of-a-kind person and will be missed by all who knew her. Read the story, Mayberry Wood, by Bob Heafner, published in The Mountain Laurel in 1983.

My First And Last Trip To The Pinnacles - Miss Addie Wood told about her first and last trip to the Pinnacles of Dan. The Pinnacles are cone shaped mountains that rise over 1000 feet from the floor of the Dan River Gorge near Mayberry and Meadows of Dan, Virginia.

Thomas Jefferson Cockram - A Real Hero - Remembering an old friend.

Apple Pealing Time - A wonderful old photo from one of our readers.

Grape Pie and other old fashioned recipes, sent from a reader.

The Face That Wasn't and Granny Was A Ghost Buster by Steven D. Lefler are a couple of stories about growing up in Draper Valley, VA.

A Locust's Serenade by  Sonja Roberts-Kinzer is a morning's memory about a willful child who hated to work in a garden.

Cat Head Biscuits by Sandra Bennett is a story of continuity and memories of generations of women through cooking. Click here for recipe.

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