December 2007

COLUMNS & FEATURES

The Last Great Place
Primo Prevost By Michael Capuzzo
Another tribute to the area airline pilot who helped take down the September 11 hijackers.
 
Mountain Chatter
Little Boys, Blogs, and Tall Tales 
By the Mountain Home staff
Our columnists reveal their extracurricular side.

Cover Story
One Store’s Shopping Trip By Peggy Landers
Dunham’s a century-old Wellsboro institution is the last family-owned department store in Pennsylvania. See how they keep up with the times.

Tree House  By Heather Mee
The Nichols’ house in Wellsboro speaks volumes about the family’s long history in this area. It’s also a great place to shop for Christmas.

Heart of the Mountain
A Tisket, a Tasket, a Shopping-bag Casket
By Patricia Brown Davis
After a tragic death in Wellsboro’s mean streets, poor Mittens is transported across state lines by a group of women hell-bent on shopping. Can’t a cat get a Christian burial in these parts?

The Book Page
On the Third Day of Christmas . . . By Kevin Coolidge
My true love gave to me: three bird guides; two Bucktail Series; and a partridge and a World War Z.

Reading Nature
This is a Freezing Maple By Tom Murphy
Identifying trees in cold weather, when the leaves are long gone, has been made easier with a book titled Winter Tree Finder. Read all about it.

The Lunker  
Is There a Doctor in the Boat? By Fred Metarko
Using his heretofore unknown surgical skills, Lunker extracts an errant lure from his fishing partner’s private parts.

The Mountain Man
A Christmas Blast By Roy Kain
 While you city folk are playing with your new toys and drinking eggnog on Christmas night, Mountain Man is resting up for a week in the woods with his trusty ‘smokepole.’ As for the deer near MM’s hut, Dancing Ferns, you’d better watch out.

Awakenings
Making A Joyful Noise By Reverend Bob Greer
God look around and heard no sound. ‘Let there be music,’ He said. And, let me tell you, brother, was it ever good.

Yogamama Says
A ‘Me First’ Holiday By Kathleen Thompson
Selfish is good. Sometimes. If Numero Uno isn’t the top priority, you’ll be less able to take care of others. During the busy holiday season, don’t forget your daily devotion—sacred or secular—that one thing that gets you through it all.

Mountain Guide By The Mountain Home Staff
Your Dickens Day coverage starts here

On Stage and Off the Wall
Seasonal Seasonings By Larry Biddison
During the holidays, we look to former purveyors of pop culture, such as Charles Dickens, and those, such as Handel, who were considered “serious” artists. Time has a way of blurring distinctions and Tioga’s Super Agent of the Arts covers the Christmas waterfront. 

A Volunteer Army of One  By Dara Riegel
A New York woman explains why she has to give back to her community.

Miss American Pie By Teresa Banik Capuzzo
Lemon is the common ingredient in these mouth-watering pie recipes.

Looking Back
One County’s Claus  By Joyce Tice
The Orvis Brother, of Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, could have been mistaken for the Smith Bros.. of cough-drop fame. Or a quartet of Saint Nicks.

Shop Around the Corner
Another Season By Sarah Bull
The Fifth Season on Wellsboro’s Main Street is the go-to place for home decor.

Cooking Bachelor Style
Night-clubbing By Terry Miller
Nothing builds up an appetite like camping in the wild. Unfortunately, as is de rigueur  for our bachelor chef, he whips up a recipe for disaster that includes a faulty Sasquatch sighting and a flatulent tent mate.

Wine & Dine
Gifts for Grae Nuts By Holly Howell
Our certified wine sommelier lays out a wish list of wine gizmos, any one of which is sure to please your favorite oenophile.

Ask Gary 
The Versatility of Vinegar By Gary Ranck
Who knew? Though space allows our handyman to show us just a handful, there are hundreds and hundreds of uses for this magical elixir. Also, fixing ornery stairs with a finishing nail.