The Gas Well Road

There’s a natural gas well that’s on the road halfway to our house. The well operator is supposed to maintain their portion of the road but that’s only by guidance. There is no state regulation requiring maintenance. On the whole, well roads that we have seen have been in fair to poor condition. Most of […]

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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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Spring Green

In spring our woods transform from an overall brown appearance to a lush green. It seems to happen overnight, but it isn’t quite that quick. These photos were taken in the last few weeks. In May I had to get the chainsaw out and cut small trees and brush along the edges of the garden. […]

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