The Enduring Mystery of the Grave Creek Stone Christina Fisanick December 26, 2016 (written with Rebecca Taylor) As a girl growing up in 1980’s Moundsville, West Virginia, my* teachers must have taken me and my classmates on tours of the Mound and its museum more than a half a dozen times ...
New Endeavors at Olney Friends School Christina Fisanick July 30, 2015 I arrived on campus just in time for lunch, which gave me the perfect opportunity to learn all about the organic farm at Olney Friends School, an independent, progressive high school in Barnesville, Ohio. As I ...
Words & Music Celebrates 25 Years Christina Fisanick July 17, 2015 1 I first walked in to Words & Music my freshman year of college. As the only West Liberty commuter I knew without a driver’s license or a car, finding a way to the Stratford Springs' bookstore was a bit more...
Mmm . . . Popcorn Opens at Market Plaza Christina Fisanick June 3, 2015 7 My son insisted he could smell the popcorn by the time we hit the former Kaufman’s storefront. He held fast to his dad’s hand as he skipped down the alley and into Market Plaza. We were heading out to our first...
“The Stag,” the Myth, the Legend Christina Fisanick May 16, 2015 11 Every time I visit “The Stag” at Oglebay Park, I wonder how many Ohio Valley children have perched themselves on his smooth, verdigris surface. How many families have spread a picnic blanket in his shadow on a ...
Looking for Home: Rebecca Harding Davis and Me Christina Fisanick April 28, 2015 6 It seems fitting that my debut article for Weelunk.com is about my search for celebrated writer Rebecca Harding Davis’ (1831-1910) Wheeling home. After being gone from the Valley for 12 years, I felt desperate ...
