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Author Archives: Melita Matzko
The Garden
September 19, 2008 – 8:39 am
My grandparents grow their own corn, tomatoes, peppers, beans, squash, canteloupe, potatoes, lettuce, cabbage, rhubarb, blackberries, grapes, apples, and peaches… and possibly other things I’m forgetting. We really loved spending time in their garden while we were visiting. Sam “helped” Pappaw dig potatoes, Austin and I picked beans, and Austin climbed into the apple tree [...]
The Mummies
September 18, 2008 – 12:19 pm
*Cue the organ music, and conjure the voice of Vincent Price.*
In the sleepy mountain town of Philippi, West Virginia, lie two unusual residents. Former inmates at the West Virginia Hospital for the Insane (a decidedly blunt name for such a place) these two ladies died alone, without family. In 1888, however, they were given a [...]
The Fourth Generation
September 15, 2008 – 7:00 am
Mammaw and Pappaw with their two great-grandchildren:
My favorite place on earth (you don’t grasp how steep it is around there until you realize you’re standing in the yard and looking down at the top of their roof):
Many of you know that we were in WV last week, visiting my grandparents (who look too young to [...]
