Every summer, I climb into the back seat of my dad’s Traverse, dogs in tow, to head to Carolina Beach for a week of family time. It’s a laid-back vacation during which nothing much happens, nor is it supposed to. We simply relax and enjoy each other’s company. My mother and I pay ...
In 1949, Parker Brothers released the board game Clue, in which players would use various hints to determine who had murdered the mysterious Mr. Green — in what room and with what weapon. In 1985, director Jonathan Lynn brought the board game to life with his film of the same name. And ...
Well, I’m back. For the few people besides my father who regularly turn to this space to read these words, you’ll have noticed I was absent the past couple of weeks. While I did pack my laptop to pitch in here and there during my 10-day stint in Portugal and Spain, I did not log on ...
he WOW! Factory, a paint-your-own pottery, mosaic, glass-fusing and clay hand-building studio on University Avenue in Star City, celebrates 16 years in business this month with a month-long Sweet 16 party. All month, customers will enjoy an especially festive atmosphere and ...
April showers make May farmers happy … and Monongalia County Health Department’s WIC program nutritionists too. This week’s recipes from WIC Kitchen highlight fresh vegetables and herbs that you can purchase at a farmers market. It’s great timing too. There is a week left for WIC participants to sign up for benefits that they can use at farmers markets through the summer and into fall. The Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP), administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, supplements WIC benefits and provides $30 per participant to use at farmers markets ...
A West Virginia native whose works are often set in the state won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction this year. Jayne Anne Phillips’ “Night Watch,” a mother-daughter saga set in a West Virginia asylum right after the war, was cited for fiction. Phillips, a Buckhannon native, sees “Night Watch” as the third of a trilogy of novels about war, following the Vietnam-era narrative “Machine Dreams” and the Korean War story “Lark & Termite,” which draws in part on a Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press investigation into the No Gun Ri massacre. She began ...
