David's Mountain Memories

I am David Thrower, and this is a collection of snippets of my life. On this page you will find articles about Appalachian heritage, family history, music, and other good stuff. It is a lighthearted page, so hope you will visit often as this is like my virtual homestead, front porch and all.

Monday, August 28, 2017

Weighing in on Charlottesville

Over the past couple of weeks, a major flare-up happened in Charlottesville between two radically opposite but equally racist factions, and ...

Friday, July 21, 2017

"I Am of Armenia" and other Recent Reflections

A couple of months ago, at around the 102nd commemoration of the victims of the brutal genocide committed against Armenians, Assyrians, Gree...

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Perspectives on the Bill Cosby Mistrial

For the past couple of years, I have been watching with interest as Bill Cosby's reputation has been shredded by a series of allegati...

Monday, June 19, 2017

Government Waste and Other Things on My Mind the Past Week.

There are a few things I wanted to talk about this week, and they entail a lot of subject matter, so I will just get started. The first th...

Thursday, June 1, 2017

Perspectives on a Popular Disney Cartoon

Over the past few years, Barbara has gotten into watching a relatively new cartoon on Disney called Phineas and Ferb, and recently I have ta...

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