Pocahontas County Fare

I'm afraid you'll have to bear with me as I become acquainted with my digital camera. Until this week, my blog photos were shot wit...

I've spent another week absorbed in technology. I've been researching why the sound acts strange on an old laptop, and upgrading my...

I've been spending too much time with computers for the last week, none of it involving blog entries. When I quit my genomics job back i...

Sherry Chandler's weblog is always worth reading. Lately, I've been enjoying her exploration of some early Kentucky writers. In the...

I recently re-read Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim , and chased it with Jeffrey Meyers' Joseph Conrad : A Biography . Meyers' biograph...

I just finished reading Jared Diamond's Collapse : How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed . I haven't been reading many current ...

Droop Mountain boasts three state parks, spectacular views, many ghost sightings, a well-documented history, and wonderful flora and fauna...

Jaye Slade Fletcher is the author of two true crime books: Deadly Thrills: True Story of Chicago's Most Shocking Killers (1995), and ...

I've been updating and adding to my "regular" Web pages recently, thinking about how I want them to develop, and what directi...

I don't think I'll ever get used to looking out the window and seeing wild birds this big.

In addition to rodent extermination and possum monitoring, Princess is always happy to consult on automotive issues.

Here's an excerpt on quilt-making from Mr. Riggleman's account of life on Point Mountain in the 1890's. A West Virginia Mountain...

Kentucky's Lexington Herald Leader ran an interesting AP article March 17, 2006: Candidate compares upstate N.Y. to Appalachia ALBAN...

The Keyboard Biologist has been working on a project with an intriguing name: The Pearl Buck Swing Jacket . By including a Pocahontas Count...

This is the windmill that was in my backyard when I was growing up. Everybody had one. I always thought they were pretty, and I liked the m...

Here's another strange and disturbing passage from The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come by John Fox, Jr. (1898). While our hero, Chad B...

Here's another excerpt from Homer Riggleman's memoir of his 1890's childhood home on Point Mountain in Randolph County, West Vi...

Last week, my friendly neighborhood librarian showed me this interesting story: Mary Moore: The Captive of Abb's Valley." Abb...

W.E. Blackhurst, a Pocahontas County native, devoted much of his life to documenting local history and observing local natural history. He w...

I've spent a lot of time trying to understand where Droop Mountain fits in the geology and biogeography of the Appalachians. Maurice Br...