Pocahontas County Fare

Every other year, Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park hosts a reinactment of the November 6, 1863 event for which it is named. Last weeke...

Several months ago, I discovered a fascinating book, W.J Cash's The Mind of the South , published in 1941. I posted some interesting W...

Last week we bought the property adjacent to our Droop Mountain home. We were stunned to discover it was on the market, and were anxious to...

This past weekend, I canned the last of the garden produce. I made "Pepper Butter"--an unusual spread made from hot peppers and pr...

I've been writing, but not posting, recently. I'm still substituting for a yet-to-be-hired teacher for special needs students, and I...

I continue to substitute for a yet-to-be-hired special education teacher, although the precise nature of the unfilled position continues to ...

The week before last, I got a call from the school board office asking if I was available to start the school year as a substitute teacher. ...

This summer, we've been searching for the ideal barbeque sauce. In honor of Labor Day, here are some things we've tried that we like...

Here's what I've been up to the last few days--dying some local (burdock-laden) fleece in the crockpot, carding, spinning and plyin...

We've been growing shitake mushrooms for several years now. Some of the innoculated logs seemed to be on their last legs, and we were e...

Earlier this month, we found these chanterelle mushrooms, which W.C. Roody's Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians c...

I see this sphinx moth species often this time of year. I don't have much lepidopteran expertise, and without the specimen in hand I...

This beauty was sitting on the corner of the house last week. I've always been a big fan of the giant silk moths. I don't see them ...

A few weeks ago I finished Daniel Boone: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer by John Mack Farahger. It attempts to separate fact fr...

Last week, I got paid for writing a knitting pattern for this cute little sweater. Appalachian Baby Design sells this organic cotton Lamb...

After an interlude of handbag stitching, there is a certain logic to revisiting my Fairies' Purse fungi. Several rains have splashed a...

I sewed up this tote bag yesterday, after thinking about it for a couple of weeks. I had the bib from an old pair of overalls, and thought ...

According to W.C. Roody's Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians , These are Crucibulum laeve , the Common Bird's ...

This weblog has been more miss than hit lately, due to upheavals in my technological life. After years of wishing, I finally bought a digit...

Last week I was asked to judge the knitting category in Marlinton's Pioneer Days Craft Show. When I arrived in town with my evaluation f...