Healing Stones protects 1,100 rural acres in Dekalb county, Tennessee, most of it located in the Upper Dry Creek Valley watershed a few miles south of Smithville.

For more than 150 years, this area was home to families who lived simple yet thorough lives. Little remains but memories.

On this site we hope to explore with you, through literature, the arts, science, history, as well as contemporary observation of the natural world what it means to feel at home- to find rest.

The links will take you to places we've found helpful in our search. Some we sponsor; others are folks doing work we believe in.

Please return often. We're a work in progress and look forward to hearing from you.