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Virginia furnace glows for a split second
Read MoreThe stone pyramid stands between Route 26 and Muddy Creek in Preston County, an imposing artifact from the county’s nascent industrial era. The iron furnace was built by Levi Kennet for Harrison Hagans, Brandonville’s foremost entrepreneur, merchant, and promoter. Historian Reardon S. Cuppett claimed it…
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The Truth about taxes
Read MoreTax season. That time of year when we settle up with the U.S. Treasury, via the Internal Revenue Service, and scratch our heads at where it all went. Local, school, personal property, municipal, state and the big one, federal, all chip away at our earnings…
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disjointed clips imitate life
Read MoreIt came to me as 400-foot reel of 16mm, silent, black-and-white film a decade ago. A friend had purchased it at an estate sale, but lacking a projector, passed it on to me. I love old film. It is like getting a gift from the…
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West Virginia Backroads videos added
Read MoreDuring the past six months of recovery from open heart surgery, I have had the downtime necessary to put together several videos of my interviews for Goldenseal magazine. These videos are packaged as “West Virginia Backroads” and are available on YouTube. Most of these videos…
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Guard Your Heart
Read MorePart 5 of a memoir of heart failure, open-heart surgery and complications One does not come so close to death as I did without learning many lessons along the way. As I continue to recover from heart failure, open heart surgery and its myriad complications,…
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My times, His hands
Read MorePart 4 of a memoir of heart failure, open-heart surgery and complications One of the things that sustains me during my weeks of hospitalization and recovery from open heart surgery is the hope of seeing and cuddling with my mixed-breed dog, Edison. We adopted him…
