• Rebirth

    Our neighbor across the street and above our house is a nature preserve owned by Old Hemlock Foundation. It consists of approximately 150 acres of forest plus another 80 acres or so of land that was, until three years ago, covered with a dense stand of red pine trees way past maturity. A powerful surge of wind had ripped a multitude of dead limbs from these trees and toppled others,…

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  • My Cochlear Journey, 2

    It is two days since the surgery on my left ear at Ruby Memorial Hospital, and I feel rough. Really rough. I just want to sleep and for the ache deep in my ear canal to go away. But it is impossible to get comfortable,…

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  • My Cochlear Journey, 1

    Today, April 25, 2025, in a West Virginia operating room under general anesthesia, I began to revese a journey that I departed from at a Lake Road, Conneaut, Ohio, house, 50 years ago. At that time, I was employed in the most despised, ill -suited…

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  • Bookstore open!

    Feather Cottage Media has an online bookstore that provides access to all of Carl’s books published by Feather Cottage Media, including his latest volume, Still More Wandering Back-Roads West Virginia. The bookstore’s URL is https://books.by/feather-cottage-media While Carl’s books have always been available through Kindle Direct…

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