What the Rest of the World Thinks

Appalachia.

The name may bring images of povery on lined, hopeless faces. Bib overalls and Jed Clampett.

For those of us who call this stretch of the Southwest Virginia mountains home, we carry the spirit of the people -- love and a will that cannot be crushed -- with us.

The goal of this week's posting is to share the sterotypes and the reality.

By the way. It's pronounced "Ap- pul-la-cha." Not " Ap-pul- LAY-chu."