This year is a real treat for me as I work at Adaland Mansion for the first of hopefully many years. It is the first time in my life that I get to be surrounded by some of the most beautiful holiday trees covered in the warm glow of twinkle lights every day I work.ContinueContinue reading “The Beautiful Holiday Trees of Adaland Mansion”
Category Archives: West Virginia
Escape to the Hovatter Wildlife Zoo
So West Virginia is not known for its large selection of Zoos or animal parks. But with our family spending so much time at home with the Coronavirus it was nice to spend a morning at the West Virginia family-owned and operated Hovatters Wild Animal Zoo. Every time we go I can’t help thinking aboutContinueContinue reading “Escape to the Hovatter Wildlife Zoo”
Remember The Hunger Games? Well, the Future Doesn’t Look Anything Like That!
So do you remember when The Hunger Games came out in theaters and everyone was impressed with its colorful images of the future? The bold hair colors and clothes that were on fire but didn’t burn you. The different districts that were so very strange and unique. Yea, well the future doesn’t look likeContinueContinue reading “Remember The Hunger Games? Well, the Future Doesn’t Look Anything Like That!”
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 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”
The Trail of Icicles at Audra State Park
Early snows came to West Virginia this year. But this week at Audra State Park we found the perfect day to go hiking on a warm sunny 49-degree day. What we found was magical and my photos do not do justice to the beauty of the thousands of Icicles that form along the Alum Cave TrailContinueContinue reading “The Trail of Icicles at Audra State Park”
Ghost Visits the Golden Rule
I get asked all the time if where I work, The Golden Rule, is haunted? For a building to be built in 1902 and not be haunted is a surprise. I would say that the building is not haunted in the traditional way. Not in the way horror movies show hauntings, full of evil spiritsContinueContinue reading “Ghost Visits the Golden Rule”
The Clean Up and Events at Golden Rule; Or This Mountain MaMa is Tired.
I have been working so hard to finish cleaning and sorting the 4 floors of Golden Rule that I really thought about changing the name of my blog title to…. “This Mountain Mama is Tired.” Then leave some lame message about not having time to write. It would have been the truth. I am justContinueContinue reading “The Clean Up and Events at Golden Rule; Or This Mountain MaMa is Tired.”
Sweet Taste of West Virginia Maple Syrup
When the town of Pickens, West Virginia throws a party it seems like the whole county shows up to eat, shop and be merry. The annual Pickens Maple Syrup Festival held every March turns the tiny town of 66 full-time residents into a town that swells to over two thousand visitors over the weekend. TheContinueContinue reading “Sweet Taste of West Virginia Maple Syrup”
Spring Snow at Pleasant Grove Cemetery
This weeks Spring weather has had it all, sun, high winds, rain and snow. It is as if the Gods of winter and spring are having a fight to see who will control the weather. Even the resting souls in the local cemetery noticed the fight. With this maybe being our last snow of winterContinueContinue reading “Spring Snow at Pleasant Grove Cemetery”
Mountain Mama Reads and Writes 