The Video View from Marshall

It's been nearly three weeks since Hurricane Helene barreled through Western North Carolina and sent ravaging floodwaters through my hometown of Marshall (and cities and towns in the surrounding counties as well). Volunt...

Donna S. Frelick Author
Special Flood Report from WNC

Today’s post is one I wasn’t sure I’d be able to deliver at all. My area of Western North Carolina, in and around the small mountain town of Marshall, near Asheville, was just hit by the remnants of Hurricane Helene, del...

Donna S. Frelick Author
MARSHALL'S MERMAIDS FLOAT ON!

My little town of Marshall NC is never at a loss for entertaining activities. And one of the events we look forward to most every year is the annual Mermaid Parade in June. Marshall is far from any ocean, of course, but ...

Donna S. Frelick Author

I just discovered that my town has an unofficial motto that I plan on graffitiing* on everything from here on out.

Marshall, NC: a mile long, a street wide, sky high and hell deep!

*Graffiti in my 40s just means scribbling it on my kitchen chalkboard.

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