The title of the article was “The Quarantine Garden Has Taken Off: Seeds are the New Sourdough.” I stumbled on to it two days after my stepdad went to Home Depot and found out that they were out of pitchforks, and a week after the owner of the permaculture company […]
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Unemployment across the nation is at an all-time high with millions of Americans out of work. In West Virginia, more than 160,000 residents have filed for unemployment since mid-March, according to state officials on May 14. This has many new college graduates concerned as they try to navigate a now limited […]
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On the walls of a Pittsburgh-area church, 25 scenes of God, war, justice, family. In 1935, artist Maksimilijan (Maxo) Vanka joined fellow Croatian immigrant, the writer Louis Adamic, on a trip to American industrial centers, including 10 days or so in Pittsburgh. Maxo absorbed the city, as was his habit, […]
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Rural libraries often provide much-needed services like internet access to their communities. During the coronavirus epidemic, they find creative ways to continue with their mission, but with states pushing for reopening, some find themselves in a tough spot. Brandi Little became the director of the Barnesville Hutton Memorial Library in […]
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“Next week, classes will be online, but we’ve got an hour to brainstorm ideas for our environmental education class,” I told my students. That was March 12, 2020. After a week of monitoring the news, the surreal had happened: The threat of the coronavirus consumed the small campus where I’d […]
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The Hammons Family of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, are known around the world for their distinctive old-time music that reflects the early Appalachian frontier of West Virginia. Nine members of the Hammons clan, Edden, Pete, Maggie, Sherman, Burl, Lee, Currence, Mintie and Dona, will be inducted into the West Virginia […]
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