User:Calicomistbecky

English College Professor and College Mentor (tutor for college students with learning problems) in Buckhannon, West Virginia. Interests are history, politics, art, art history, philosophy, literature, music, antiques, genealogy, and games.

Calico Mist= Once owned 'Calico Mist Children's Bookstore' in Weston, WV. Calico refers to calico material commonly used in Appalachia tradition to make quilts, skirts, and aprons (sewing); Mist refers to "Mountain Mist" quilt batting, the song, "Misty Mountain Hop" by Led Zeppelin, and the mist over the West Virginia Mountains. Becky just refers to me.

My daughter came up with 'calico mist' when she named the bookstore when she was about seven years old. The phrase was basically used to describe a West Virginia road trip to see relatives in southern part of the state by a young child.

The bookstore died but the phrase Calico Mist is still used.