Pocahontas County Fare

They're filming an Appalachian horror movie in Pittsburgh, starting soon, David M. Brown of the Pitsburgh Tribune-Review notes: Film...

I was really intrigued by this Interview with Katherine Soucie of Sans Soucie . The designer uses hosiery discarded by department stores and...

There's more than one reason I reacted strongly to the Hummer of a House guest essay on Via Negativa. For almost a hundred years, our ...

It's taken me a couple of weeks to work out my response to Dave's guest-blogger, Chris Bolgiano, and her post, My Best Friend is ...

The Take It Further Challenge for February is "What are you old enough to remember?" Who else knows how to pack the wood on a...

The Pocahontas Times features an encouraging article this week: "West Virginia Forests Growing." Here are some highlights quoted ...

I was intrigued by a Washington Post book review/author profile for The Gathering . Bob Thompson's review, Anne Enright, 'Gathering...

In general, Pocahontas County is not a great place to find treasures in the trash. When people here turn loose of something, it's usual...

You may notice, from my posts here, that I've recently been catching up on my news feeds after an absence of several days. Here's ...

Sometimes I read something that makes me wonder if I live on the same planet as the writer. This Dust Bowl reverie, hot on the heels of yes...

Here's a disquieting article about previously unsuspected mode of disease transmission: Dust Storms Overseas Carry Contaminants to U.S....

Report from Middle School: Remember how it felt when you were a kid, watching the clock tick off the last half-hour of the school day? Thos...

Power outages are not helping my return to blogging normalcy, but this quiz Sherry found has inspired me to keep typing. Do you suppose we...

I've done a little more spinning of the troublesome local fleece , although I've accomplished very little else. I've been subs...

Deborah Oak is again hosting a "virtual poetry reading" in honor of St. Brigid. Reya kindly pointed me to this year's bohemi...

I was quite excited to find this tutorial: Fusing Plastic Bags with the Etsy Labs . I reuse my plastic carry bags, but they pile up faster t...

I read this bit of good news in the West Virginia Gazette: Massive forest preserve planned by Ken Ward Jr., January 20. There's a map s...

Here's an addition to my "local history of textiles collection" from William T. Price's Historical Sketches of Pocahontas ...

Last month Sherry informed me that Kentucky's Creation Science Museum is in some financial hot water. That's why, when I came acro...

Here's my January Take It Further Challenge project with the ink jet transfer images, lace, and a little machine embroidery added. I b...