The warm late October weather we became accustomed to has finally disappeared and we are awakening to colder winds as winter is edging to the starting gate. It is time to watch for a sunny day so one more autumn walk can be taken and allow us to contemplate what lies ahead of us and what we ...
Cooler mornings and evenings are coming our way as October makes its bid to be our favorite month. With autumn forest colors reaching peak, it is one of our most beautiful times of the year, but little children will remind us as they search in attics for costume apparel that Halloween is on ...
Summer has been so appreciated this year. As August is upon us, one recognizes that enjoyable activities have returned to our schedules and being able to be part of our social order has done us all lots of good. While vaccinated folks have considerably more freedom to come and go, a ...
If putting a real splash into your summer is a goal, one may gather the family and head for Route 119 North out of Philippi to find Tygart Lake State Park on Grafton’s edge. A new and wonderful addition has been constructed among the facilities there and is known as the Adventure Lake ...
If the sun’s hot rays are causing cravings for cool ocean waves, but a convincing argument has not been made for packing up and being part of the Eastern shore beach-mania, a surprising solution may exist within an hour’s drive of your home. An area “Best-Kept Secret” awaits you ...
Those Central West Virginia natives among us recognize each May that it will not be long before ripened strawberries will be available from our area farms. Buckhannon’s annual Strawberry Festival has always ensured competitions among State strawberry growers and a native of that town has won its sweepstakes awards at least three consecutive years since she began her large Hardy County Old Fields area strawberry operations. Miriam Schabinger Leatherman has planted this fruit at her Buena Vista Berries Farm fields for the past 10 years. The three-quarter acre plot is home to ...
