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September 2023

September 20, 2023

A Lesson in Economics

Things went from bad to worse. Twitter, now called "X," is collapsing like a...

September 18, 2023

Of Sunflowers and Small Potatoes

Nothing is as it ought to be-- at least, that's how it felt. Adrienne is...

August 2023

August 24, 2023

On the Last Day

We went to Belmont County, on the last day. It was the last day...

July 2023

July 12, 2023

Following the Rules in Serendipity

I've been back in Serendipity and driving for over a month now. I switched...

May 2023

May 16, 2023

On My Children

Jimmy finished taking the old alternator out of Serendipity, the ill-fated Nissan I bought...

March 2023

March 28, 2023

Harbinger of Spring

The panic was severe for the longest time, and then it evaporated. The insomnia went...

February 2023

February 04, 2023

A Requiem for a Window Washer

Ernie was a window washer. I didn't know him personally, and I think I...

January 2023

January 31, 2023

On a Harrowing Sunday Night

On Sunday night, the Lost Girl went to the emergency room. It turned out there...

January 19, 2023

The Hawk and the Songbirds

I haven't seen the hawk since Sunday. I'd asked, for a joke, if I could...

January 07, 2023

Sign of the Pigeons

It was the pigeons that gave me hope. I was going for my walk...

December 2022

December 21, 2022

On a Dark Night

It's a dark night, the darkest of the year. Truth be told, it has been...

May 2022

May 19, 2022

The Gold Was Everywhere

I've been giving people rides this week. It's something I love doing. For fourteen years...

November 2021

November 18, 2021

A Turkey Day Traffic Jam

Yesterday, I went downtown with a bag of all the extra groceries from my visit...

November 04, 2021

A Paradise Where I Don’t Belong

We went to Robinson to buy Rosie new clothes. That's not a luxury we can...

July 2021

July 29, 2021

A Late Summer Adventure

I needed an adventure, and I got one today. After the neighbor's frightening tantrum...

July 25, 2021

Newburg Landing

We went to Toronto. Not the one in Canada, but the one in Ohio. I...

July 06, 2021

A Day Out

We went to Pittsburgh this weekend. I'm not quite an accomplished enough driver to find...

May 2021

May 20, 2021

The Swallowtail

I had to buy coffee, so I went out early. And then I decided that...

May 08, 2021

A Dandelion and a Mothers’ Day Escape

Today I was in a mood. Nothing was going right. I have been a bit...

May 04, 2021

An Appalachian Angelus

Rosie came with me to run errands. We run errands in a car now....

March 2021

March 20, 2021

The Appalachian Purgatorio

Friday was Saint Joseph's Day, so I prayed to him as I walked downtown to...

January 2021

January 19, 2021

On the Holiday Bus

I didn't realize that Monday was Martin Luther King Day until late Sunday night. Martin...

August 2020

August 12, 2020

The Lady of LaBelle

I was at the bus stop with Rosie. Someday, when this is over, I...

March 2020

March 13, 2020

Plague Comes to the Ohio Valley

COVID-19 has come to Ohio. It's all over the country now. Last I heard...

March 04, 2020

The Poor You Will Always Have With You

When I share stories like the one about the Cherry Boutique, or the trouble with...

February 2020

February 11, 2020

Where Everything is Alive

In February, when the whole world appears dead, I think about the place where...

January 2020

January 19, 2020

In the January Slush

Friday night, I went to bed to the soft kiss of snow against the window....

November 2019

November 26, 2019

Bransfield’s Proposed Punishment is a Slap on the Wrist

As my regular readers know, I've been following the news on the situation in the...

October 2019

October 25, 2019

Wine-Dark, Rust-Red

I once met a lady who came to the Ohio Valley from Europe. She'd raised...

October 07, 2019

Hello and Welcome, I am a Blogger

So I've somehow acquired a much larger post reach and a huge number of...