Working on this issue and reflecting on the past 10 years has been very emotional for me. I remember the disappointment in not being able to secure funding from investors for my media company, the frightening decision to fund it myself with money from my retirement funds, the excitement of crafting the content and design, and the fear and feeling…
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An oral history of “Turkey Time,” Charleston’s favorite Thanksgiving song. If you’ve ever driven through Charleston in November with your radio turned to 102.7 FM, there’s a good chance some unusual lyrics came blasting through your speakers: Thanksgiving is upon usIt’s time to eat at momma’sLet’s eat the birdIt’s what we heardIt’s turkey, turkey timeYou Butterball, you blow my mindIt’s…
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West Virginia musicians lend their talents to a Little Jimmy Dickens tribute album. When Raleigh county’s pint-sized, rhinestone-studded country star Little Jimmy Dickens died in January 2015, Michael Lipton wasted no time putting together a string of tribute shows for the Grand Ole Opry favorite, known to his friends as “Tater.” But even after the curtains closed, his co-conspirators weren’t…
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Creekside Farm in Shepherdstown has created a new heritage hog breed. When most people think about retirement, their heads are usually filled with visions of sand and the sounds of the ocean. But not Greg Byrne of Shepherdstown. When he retired as an art restorer for the National Park Service in Harpers Ferry, he dreamed of buying a farm to…
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What began as a fundraiser turned into a full-time gig for Jim Oliver, owner of Oliver’s Pies in Wheeling. Jim Oliver learned to make pies in the best way possible: at his grandmother’s elbow. Every holiday, Oliver’s whole family would cram into his grandmother’s tiny three-room apartment. The menfolk typically hung out in front of the TV in the living…
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