[WVNan]

We need your input over here girl. I know you will think of things that I haven't.

[mountaineer]

Sorry I couldn't join you all sooner, but our entire town has been without electricity all morning! (Note to all: this is not a typical W.Va. occurrence, honest!) Although I wasn't born here, my parents, grandparents, and many generations of my family were native West Virginians.

Coming to live in the Mountain State, after years in big metropolitan areas like New York, L.A., St. Louis and Pittsburgh, was like returning home. Despite our poverty and our entrenched Democrat government (I'd say the latter does nothing to reduce the former), I still wouldn't want to live anywhere else at this point of my life.

I will check out the thread with interest, Nan!