Author Archives: Melita Matzko

Old Barn


Tuesday Photo Quiz


Copley Farmer’s Market


Blackwater Falls


Little Toes Exploring the Grass


The Garden

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

*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 [...]

Philippi


Tuesday Photo Quiz


The Fourth Generation

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 [...]