It’s a gorgeous spring Saturday morning in the Greenbrier Valley. The dogwoods are frothing, their branching neighbors displaying fresh minty green foliage. It’d be a good day to plant potatoes. Or mow the lawn. Or hide Easter eggs. For Kim and Stephen McBride, it’s a perfect day to dig for history.
On the morning of her anniversary, Seva DasPodara was awakened by a kiss upon her forehead. She opened her eyes and blinked at the face beaming down at her.
“What is it now?” she asked gruffly, turning onto her side, away from her husband.
I knew from my happy association with Betsy Degges over the years that she is an extraordinary woman, and that her family’s history is deeply interconnected with that of the Greenbrier Valley.
There’s a little white house on Lafayette Street in Lewisburg that dates back to 1898. Of course, it’s not so uncommon to see structures of that gene mation in this town, but this is no common house. For starters, it’s not a house. Rather, it is home to Stella’s, a restaurant that opened quietly in January of this year.
