WV ARTIST ON DISPLAY: SEE LIFE THROUGH A NEW LENS W/ MOLLY WOLFF!
See life through a new lens with photographer Molly Wolff. She’s an outdoor enthusiast with a creative side and an exhilarating perspective. Molly rips jeans, sleeps in her van, lays down in the mud, runs alongside rivers, climbs rocks, stuffs herself in holes, battles copperhead snakes, and lives for photography. If she has to drive […]
BROAD THOUGHTS: THIS IS RIDICULOUS. BY TRAVIS CANTERBURY
Is there anything more annoying than a minor inconvenience? Not something that will ruin your day or week, but something that is only seconds long but off putting enough to where you say to yourself “This is ridiculous!” I’ve been thinking about such things for a while now and thought “Why not write about it?”. […]
PSUEDO NEWS: FARMER INVENTS BETTER MOUSETRAP. BY LARRY BERGER
I came across Homer Smarter stopped by an abandoned barn over by Pickaway. He was squatting down beside his old farm truck with a wastebasket. My reporting instincts alerted, I pulled off the road and walked back to him. He took a towel off the top of the wastebasket and grinned into it, saying, “dumb […]
VALLEY GROWN: EARTH RIDGE FARM. BY KIM FORTE
Surrounded by a large oak forest, Earth Ridge Farm in Renick, WV is an ideal place for raising pigs. Greenbrier Valley native Justin Lewis has been farming for four years and owns and operates the farm. He tells us, “I started out interested in the preservation and selling of quality breeding stock and feeder pigs.” […]
FUTURE DOC: UNFATHOMABLY COMPLEX. BY DR. TIM PENCE
I recently read an article in National Geographic entitled the Dancing Machine, by Heidi Schultz. This article reports on a prototype bionic leg designed specifically for dancing by Hugh Herr and associates at M.I.T. Professional ballroom dancer Adrianne Haslet-Davis lost her left leg below the knee during the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013. Incredibly, less […]
MY DOG & I: HEALING NATURE. BY JANINE LAZARUS
It has been a wonderful start to the Summer and here on the Mountain, everything is blossoming, blooming and delighting in the sunshine. It is SO much easier to have a big group of dogs when the sun is shining…no muddy paws, wet dog smell or confinement in a little kitchen. Everyone and I mean […]
Fri. July 17-19: Life w/ Folks at FolkLife Festival
When I was young, there was this farm where we’d go. There was music and poetry, art and activism, food and drinking, bonfires and outhouses, and friends and lovers all about. It was the Appalachian South Folklife Center in Pipestem, WV, aka “The Don West Farm”, and it represented peace, community, and creative thoughts and […]
BAILEY’S PACE: COOL BEANS & TUNES AT THE DAILY GRIND! BY BAILEY PACE
Located at 113 Main Street, Buckhannon, WV, The Daily Grind, a street side brewery, offers more than just the average cup of joe. Serving soups, salads, sandwiches, fruit sodas, and of course a killer caramel cappuccino is not where this small establishment stops. To celebrate their seventh month in business, owners Andy and Teresa Wilcox […]
Friday, June 5: 1st Friday in Downtown Lewisburg!
Downtown Lewisburg, West Virginia celebrates First Fridays after Five on Friday, June 5th! Join the summer fun for live music, art events, and tasty treats. This event is free and open to the public. The Wild Bean hosts a benefit for the Greenbrier River Watershed Association with live music by Margo Persinger’s Mojo Sisters and […]