By Becky Jones As photographer for this year’s Preston High cap and gown pictures, my interaction with each graduate allowed me to see and hear things most […]
Author: For The Dominion Post
Finding ways out of a food rut
It’s easy to fall into a food rut — especially if, like me, you also get into a shopping rut. My family has eaten at home and […]
Dry your own herbs to add to oils and salves or for use in cooking
This weekend marks the summer solstice. Folklore and myths suggest on the shortest night of the year the veil between reality and the spirit world is thinnest, […]
Some hobbies more inspiring
Gardening and chickens; my quarantined time hobbies are completely average. Many — whether inspired by existing hobbies or by food shortage concerns — have used spare time […]
Create DIY rustic baskets to carry your fall harvest veggies and fresh eggs
If you, like so many of us, during quarantine bought chicks or started a vegetable garden, in a few months you’ll be in full harvest and egg […]
Keep bugs away with DIY repellent
MORGANTOWN — Those of us continuing to observe quarantine have begun our big migration: from house to porch. Morning coffee outdoors, computer work relocated from home office […]
DIY bird feeders are wallet-friendly and summer fun for the whole family
Watching birds visit your backyard bird feeder can make at-home days more entertaining. But what if you don’t have a bird feeder? They can be expensive to […]
Bee Run Botanics offers help in garden during pandemic
I’m devoting more time to my garden than ever before. It’s mostly due to coronavirus keeping me home. Covid-19 changed Sarah Hoblitzell’s gardening plans as well. She’d […]
Safer-at-Home DIY robe
While some businesses and services reopen, following the current “safer-at-home” gubernatorial order means for many of us, our days of not putting on pants continue. Whether you […]
The ins and outs of shed hunting
COMMENTARY BY DR. DAVE SAMUEL There are three things many deer hunters do in the woods every spring — turkey hunt, hunt for morel mushrooms and hunt for […]
