H Byron BallardH. Byron Ballard (Asheville, North Carolina) is a western North Carolina native, teacher, folklorist, and writer. She has served as a featured speaker and teacher at several festivals and conferences, including the Sacred Space Conference, Pagan Spirt Gathering, Starwood, Hexfest, and many others. She serves as senior priestess and cofounder of Mother Grove Goddess Temple and the Coalition of Earth Religions/CERES, both in Asheville, North Carolina. She podcasts about Appalachian folkways on Wyrd Mountain Gals. Her essays are featured in several anthologies and she writes a regular column for SageWoman magazine. Read More Read Less