It鈥檚 that time of year. You are getting ready to pack for the annual vacation. You should take us with you. I鈥檓 serious, please take us with you. The News and Sentinel is delivered every day around 5 a.m. No, I鈥檓 not talking about the one that gets delivered to your mailbox. I鈥檓 ...
The month of June plays a recurring role in my life, which is odd given that my birthday is in July. For example, storied (and sometimes infamous) Democratic U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd died on June 28, 2010. In a way, the death of Byrd was the catalyst for meeting Jessica, who would become my ...
In April of 1949, movie goers in Parkersburg had quite a choice of venues 鈥� the Hiehle, Burwell, Parker, the Smoot, Virginia, Strand or the Palace. Just a month later, on May 2, a new, unconventional option became available for movie-goers when the Belpre Open-Air Theater opened. Their ...
If you are of a certain age, the sights and sounds of your childhood summers were quite different from what we experience now. Remember sitting on the porch swing watching lightning bugs in the yard? (Fireflies, if you鈥檙e feeling sophisticated.) Maybe an adult would run and get a jar with ...
I was raised in a section of Pittsburgh, Pa., known as Oakland. Throughout my childhood, an important building was St. Paul鈥檚 Cathedral, an enormous Gothic Revival style Roman Catholic church. It has dozens of large stained glass windows and a monumental Von Beckenrath pipe organ. My family ...
Maurita the Crochet Lady here. This month you can get all tied up making scrunchie hair ties. I use regular worsted weight yarn, H 5.0mm hook, and 鈥渙uchless鈥� hair ties that do not have a metal fastener. The first scrunchie has loops, and the second looks like a rounded star. These can ...
