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Illegal pursuits
Read MoreWhat I did was illegal, but the misty river was sublime. And so on the morning of October 14, 2016, I pulled off the side of Route 340 in Virginia, attached my Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8 lens to my D800, and took a hike along…
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July 4, 2016
Read MoreThe fireworks in the neighborhood didn’t keep me awake, much. I was tired. I am tired. Working on a 100-page book about the county where I live and work is a wearisome, worrisome task. It has consumed me for three months now, and it will…
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Good music passing through
Read MoreSometimes good things come out of the blue. Such was the case Saturday when John Lilly stopped by in Geneva to have lunch with me at Mary’s Diner. John was editor at Goldenseal Magazine for the entire time I wrote for the magazine. He was…
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A day with the Easter Bunny
Read MoreMy church, Friends Cornerstone in Madison, Ohio, a Quaker congregation, held its annual Easter Egg Hunt and Spring Carnival on Saturday. I had the honor of manning the photo booth, where a youngster could be photographed with the bunny and receive a print in…
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Maple syrup and snakes
Read MoreIn a typical year, I would make my first West Virginia/Back Roads journey in early May. But so far this year I’ve made two trips, one in January and one in March. The January trip, to the Eastern Panhandle, was during a weekend when the…
