Pocahontas County Fare

As space permits, The Pocahontas Times often prints photographs provided by proud parents. I couldn't resist reproducing this little g...

I'm about to start another month as a substitute teacher in Pocahontas County, presumably because no one with a regular West Virginia te...

Sharon B.'s "Take It Further Challenge" for March is "details in life" . In garment construction, "detail...

I wrote about a local visit from the Bigfoot Research Organization (BFRO) in 2006. The Bigfoot watchers were quite excited about what they...

Between my surprise middle school teaching job, catching and hosting four different upper respiratory viruses, and having my elderly eMac me...

Recently, my eMac's power supply gave up the ghost. Since then, my non-middle school hours have been dominated by the search for a way t...

Today I packed up most of my sewing projects and put them away. Until this substitute teaching job ends, my sewing, knitting, and dying tim...

Oh, this is disappointing news for those of us seeking tourist-terrifying video material: "Shelter" movie's casting director f...

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...