Hello, Everyone. It has been a very long time in coming but I have finally found the time to begin blogging and writing again. You will notice in the near future a complete and total change to this site. As I plan to shift away from a single page blog to a multipage blog,ContinueContinue reading “Lots of Changes Coming in 2024”
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Tygart Lake State Park, Beach Glass and the Winter Blues.
I often suffer from seasonal depression. I have to fight everyday to get out of bed, drag myself out of the house and I generally don’t want to do anything. Over the years I have discovered that just getting outside really helps my winter blues. I don’t get out as often as I should inContinueContinue reading “Tygart Lake State Park, Beach Glass and the Winter Blues.”
This Christmas I did not Pick Up the Phone.
JoLynn Lowrey Powers age 3 1971 Christmas was wonderful, the older son and his family came and friends sent cards and gifts. It was noisy and full of toys like it should be, then it wasn’t. Like clockwork my son, his wife and my grandaughter went on their way for a second round of giftsContinueContinue reading “This Christmas I did not Pick Up the Phone.”
For My Sons About a Grandmother, They Never Really Knew.
Today marks one year to the day that I lost my mother, Veda Maxine Lowrey, June 20th 2019. It has been a turbulent year not just because I faced a future without her, but because of all the changes that have happened in the world. I can’t remember a year in my life that hasContinueContinue reading “For My Sons About a Grandmother, They Never Really Knew.”
2020 is Giving Us a Hell of a Ride
I guess everyone feels like these last few months have been like riding in the back of your Dad’s pickup. No seatbelts, no cab, just a bouncy ride in the open air with nothing to restrict or restrain you. Depending on the speed of the ride, it can be a joyful experience or a terrifyingContinueContinue reading “2020 is Giving Us a Hell of a Ride”
Hex Signs and Barn Quilt Making Guide
The history of large barn paintings in Appalachia. How to make your own and what some of the images mean
Save Money Up-Cycle Chairs with Found Fabric.
Tom and I have a thing for old chairs. I’m not sure, every couple finds themselves at furniture stores, yard sales and antique shops discussing how beautiful a chair is, but we do. So often times I find old chairs that need a little love and update them. Not that we need another chair, butContinueContinue reading “Save Money Up-Cycle Chairs with Found Fabric.”
WV The Last Man Standing during Coronavirus Outbreak
Many of us West Virginia Mountaineers shared in a joke or two this last week about why our state was the last to have the Coronavirus reported in our state. But many of us wonder about the underlying truth about why we are just now seeing reported cases. I suspect that we are behind inContinueContinue reading “WV The Last Man Standing during Coronavirus Outbreak”
The MLK Public Art Project, Charleston, W.V.
I love to paint, I love murals and I love Dr. Martin Luther King and his message of equality. So, when I found the Facebook post about an open to the public mural painting in our Capital City of Charleston, I knew Christopher and I were going to be there to paint too. This eventContinueContinue reading “The MLK Public Art Project, Charleston, W.V.”
The Gravedigger and Big Pharmaceuticals
I met a gravedigger today but didn’t get his name. We met along the side of the road where he had just finished toping a grave with January clods of mud. We talked about the newly departed, at 31 years of age this man was too young for the darkness of the grave. HeContinueContinue reading “The Gravedigger and Big Pharmaceuticals”
Mountain Mama Reads and Writes 