Gifts from Nature #WordlessWednesday
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appalachia
A Childhood Memory
I woke up to the smell of bacon and the sounds of the men preparing for a day of long hard work. I heard the women singing hymns as they rattled the pans on the stove. I heard the creak of the old oven door, the sound of homemade biscuits. I peered out the window
Sunshine and a Wringer Washer
Isn’t it strange how sounds can take you back in time. Whenever I wash clothes and hear the sound of the washer agitating it takes me back through the generations of women in my family. I remember my grandmother, my Nanny, sorting clothes on the kitchen floor on laundry day. Lights, darks, towels,
There’s a Dead Body in the Street
This is the phone call I woke up to this morning. Trying to collect my senses as I wiped the sleep from my eyes. Listening to my daughter but not fully awake enough to actively participate in the conversation. Daughter calling from her job: Mom are you okay? Me: what? I just woke … Daughter: Just
#ThursdayDoors Wheeling, WV
This is a picture of little hidden door in downtown Wheeling, West Virginia. It appears to lead to a small alley between two buildings. My friend, Sondra Jackson, who lives in Wheeling shared this photo with me because she knows how much I love doors. It was such a unique idea that I wanted to
The Daily Show gives West Virginia the Willies
Update: WV House – Delegate Don Perdue Responds to The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah Del. Don Perdue made these remarks on the floor of the WV House of Delegates during our Legislative session. [<a href=”//storify.com/EclecticEvelyn/wv-calls-out-the-daily-show-on-twitter” target=”_blank”>View the story “The Daily Show gives West Virginia the Willies” on Storify</a>]
10 Facts about West Virginia
West Virginia was formed from the Allegany counties of Virginia over the question of slavery. The Virginia government in Richmond had declared Virginia a slave state and part of the Confederacy. Several of the westernmost counties were Union loyalist and after much argument with Richmond decided to secede from Virginia and form its own
