History Unraveled: We’ve Got a Bone to Pick with Patent Medicine

Looking for a new medicine to help your cold and flu symptoms? Looking for a new medicine to help your cold and flu symptoms? 100 years ago, you might have visited your local drug store for a patent medicine like Hill’s Bromide Cascara Quinine, as seen in this advert in the Greenbrier Independent from January […]

Eye on the Sky: The Hunter of the Heavens

Many times, when I’m ambling about outside at night, I like to stop and look up at the stars. Many times, when I’m ambling about outside at night, I like to stop and look up at the stars. I view them as old friends. Wherever I go, I can look up and there they are, […]

Off the Beaten Path: Calendar Craziness

Janus am I; oldest of potentates; Forward I look, and backward, and below I count, as god of avenues and gates, The years that through my portals come and go. –Henry Wadsworth Longfellow With the coming of January, we have opened the door to a new year. With the coming of January, we have opened […]