WV ARTIST ON DISPLAY: STAYING ON TREND W/ AUTUMN SCENTS!
Get to know Regina Booth. She and her husband, Robert, make handmade soaps and lotions. They created a business out of their passion and it’s called The Honey Orchard, which is based out of Monroe County. Regina tells us they make all our items in small batches using the finest ingredients to ensure the highest […]
MTN MUSIC TRAIL: FIDDLING AROUND THE MUSIC TRAIL
The Mountain Music Trail has a new AmeriCorps volunteer for 2017-18. He’s Ethan Jones, from Athens, Georgia. Ethan plays old time fiddle and banjo. He recently graduated from Rhodes College in Memphis, where he majored in biology. He was raised on old time music; his father brought him to the Appalachian String Band Festival at […]
ERIK THE TRAVEL GUY: A GOOD MEAL ON THE ROAD
As we celebrate Taste of our Towns festival, or TOOT as it’s affectionately known, this month in Lewisburg, West Virginia, I was reminded how significant an excellent, locally-sourced meal can enhance your travel experience. Theoretically, meals should reflect the pride and personality of the region – from crawfish boils in the South Carolina to lobster […]
GROOVY HIGHWAY: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE’S PRISON SENTENCE… OR IS IT? DEPRESSION REARS ITS UGLY HEAD.
Life … We are born. We are given this life whether we want it or not; a life for which we did not ask. Is it going to be an easy life? Is it going to be a hard life? Is it going to be a short life? Is it going to be a long […]
WIDSOM FROM THE WOODS: HISTORY LESSON @The West Virginia State Museum at The Culture Center in Charleston
Our way of life in West Virginia is quickly becoming history. A history that will someday be retold at The West Virginia State Museum at The Culture Center in Charleston. Many of us compare way back when to here and now with a fondness for the former. It’s easy to step back in time in […]
IN THE SPIRIT: TASTING WINE… WHAT IS GOOD?
With TOOT (Taste of our Town) upon us already, as the year 2017 is vanishing before our eyes, it occurred to me that when we discuss the “taste” of a wine, or any beverage really, there is a different meaning for every individual taster! However, while there may be wildly differing opinions of what “tastes” […]
MY DOG & I: PRIME TIME.
So this month we are not going to talk about puppies or training or discipline. This article is about allowing ourselves to enjoy the fruits of our labors and about rewarding our long time companions for their years of service! Our dogs these days are living longer… with the advent of better care and more […]
GOOD EATS: BURGER OF THE WEEK AT THE ASYLUM!
Everyone is thinking about comfort food! With TOOT last week and holidays right around the corner, everyone is thinking about comfort food. That said, a burger with a side of fries has been America’s quintessential year-round comfort food for over a half-century, and the Asylum in downtown Lewisburg is turning heads with “Burger of the Week”. […]