The Better World
À la Française By John and Lynne Diamond-Nigh
When our founding fathers were Americans in Paris, they looked upon French civility as a founding principal of democracy, and brought the best of it home toour shores.

Shop Around the Corner
Garrisons Men’s Shop By Bethany Casella
One of the last of a dying breed—the men’s clothing store—thrives in Wellsboro, overseen by Al Garrison, the founder’s grandson.

Like Father, Like Son By Dawn Bilder
First Lieutenant Jason Smith followed his passion, and his father, Chief Warrant Officer Wendell Smith, into the skies as an Apache helicopter pilot, the only suchfather/son duo in the nation.

The Lunker  
Becalmed By Fred Metarko
What happens when you have not one, but two six-year-olds on a fishing boat? Lunker disproves the myth that it is disaster-in-the-making

Reading Nature
Learning theFlowers
By Tom Murphy
A classic wildflower guide teaches a systematized way to recognize the flowers that ornament our lives, and our columnist ponders their multihued importance in it.

The Mountain Man
No Place Like Home By Roy Kain
This time of year, homeowners are buzzing around, mowing and trimming and spiffing up. Mountain Man applauds the industry, then slips into the woods for his own simpler pride of place.

Sunday in the Park
By Lynne Maietta
For over a half century, Way’s Garden has been home to art, crafts, and music. Grab some strawberries while you’re there.

Mountain Chatter
Good Friends
By the Mountain Home Staff
The Friends of the Library stage their annual book sale, the Mansfield Relay for Life walks for a cancer cure, and the The Artisan’s Shoppe helps Second Chance Animal Sanctuaries put their pooches on parade.

Getting Rattled By Kevin Coolidge
If you go to the annual rattlesnake roundup in Morris, PA, go armed with the knowledge that A) they have a right to live here too, and B) you aren’t in as much danger as you think.

The Mouse That Roared By Linda Williams
The Susquehanna Trail Pro Rally means many things to many people. To oneyoung man,  a lifelong interest in STPR began with a small and quiet adventure.

Mountain Home Guide
The Path to the Laurel Crown
By Dawn Bilder
Wellsboro welcomes thirty-two princesses to the PA State Laurel Festival. This is how one of them will leave town as the 2008 Laurel Queen.

Onstage Off the Wall
Summer Treasures By Larry Biddison
“Nature’s first green is gold,” said Robert Frost, a sentiment shared by our columnist as he trumpets the first gleaming events of the season.

Cooking Bachelor Style
Dr. Love By Terry Miller
A friend in need spurs our bachelor cook to stir up something new: a recipe for patching up a dicey relationship.

Wine & Dine
Aroma Rules By Holly Howell
Bouquet, aroma, nose. Citrus, berry, apple. Earthy, nutty, toasty. Our wine expert sorts out the list of vivid descriptors that make wine so captivating.  

The Last Great Place
Farther Down the Stream By Michael Capuzzo
History may repeat itself, but that doesn’t mean that life doesn’t get better.

Heart of the Mountain
Afloat on Memories
By Patricia Brown Davis
As Wellsboro’s Laurel Festival approaches, our columnist reflects on the music and dancing, the floats and festive times of parades past.

Looking Back
Electric Moments By Joyce M. Tice
Electricity became a common denominator in nearly every 1930s home, and appliances of all variety followed right behind. Some of those early machines are still plugging away.

Let It Glow By Cindy Davis Meixel
For forty years Wellsboro has left the lights on for you—a regal row of gaslights that burn on Main Street 24/7.

Some Place Like Home
Milking a Dollar
By Dave Milano
Mountain Home’s newest columnist ponders the economics of cow-husbandry as Carmen, the family dairy bar, resists nearly every effort to reproduce.

Hills of Laurel By Betsy Gordon
After years of political bickering, the state flower had been narrowed down to two choices. The governor did the smart thing....

Ask Gary 
Doing Right by the Roof By Gary Ranck
Unseemly splits in the valleys of an otherwise pristine roof? Gary has the answer.