Granny Sue's News and Reviews

59 this morning, so crisp and cool! Just what spring is supposed to be. Today was Larry's mother's birthday. Dollie Mae Walls ...

I thought you might enjoy a small listen to a clip from one story on my new CD, Idy Mae's Full Moon. My husband Larry leads into this...

We were on our way to Charleston after I attended a writing workshop this past Saturday. Our goal was to be at the bookstore to hear some li...

Memorial Day--the original date anyway--was yesterday, so we went visiting Larry's family in Graceland cemetery in Kanawha county, WV. M...

(Re-publishing a story I originally posted in 2007. It's still one of my favorites.) “Ready or not, here I come!” Larry and Mary ...

The only time I was in Philadelphia before this weekend was, being picked up  at the airport by my friend, storyteller Megan Hicks , and whi...

 Larry never knew exactly where his family's graveyard was. His parents and brother elected not to be buried there, and instead were i...

 Last week was certainly one for the books. Lots of travel, lots of changes in plans, and lots of interesting things to see and do. Here...

This is a copy of my husband's grandfather's death certificate. We found it online at the West Virginia History and Culture site; ol...

An antique tractor rests beside the road outside Elizabeth, WV. Saturday was an interesting day. Last week I received an email from a blog r...

Larry's coal collection. On the wall beside the shelf is a miner's belt (name on it is S.E.Bragg), a miner's pick and a coal sh...

(It was an interesting Saturday. I'll tell about it in three posts. This is the first.) I had another clear weekend, no storytelling on ...

On our return trip from storytelling at Twin Falls State Park in southern West Virginia, we decided to take the long way home and visit the...