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Monday, October 10, 2022

B167. Childress Cousins: The Video Travelogue

A Travelogue through Floyd, Patrick, and Carroll Counties, VA, Sept 27-29, 2022

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Childress Cousins | The Hills & Hollows of Southwest Virginia | Floyd, Patrick, and Carroll Counties - YouTube

(A companion to Childress Cousins the book)

Posted by Kathy Vestal at 10:51 PM

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Kathy Vestal: North Carolina, United States; I opened this blog site at the start of 2011 after my former blog site closed. My writings most often deal with religion, social justice, politics, education and personal interest stories of daily life. I am a college educator, born in 1961, and my pleasures include teaching, writing, reading, research, travel, working out, and friend time. I have a Master's in Education and a Master's of Divinity. You can contact me privately at ncprof579 at hotmail or follow me on Facebook.

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