History Hidden In Plain Sight

My first impressions of Charleston, West Virginia, in the 1980s were positive. A city with small town feel. There wasn’t an obvious separation of Blacks and whites like I’d experienced where I grew up in St Petersburg, Florida. Those impressions have pretty much stayed true the years we’ve lived here, not in Charleston but about […]

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Winter to Spring

This spring was a lot calmer than last year’s. We still had some winter and spring storms, but nothing like the one that hit on April 2, 2024. Work changes during the spring. In March and April, cutting, splitting, and stacking firewood for the season after next takes a great deal of my time and […]

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