Category Archives: West Virginia
Abandoned in Appalachia
If you go on a road trip through the Appalachian mountains you will see lots of old abandoned houses. I often wonder who lived there and why they left. Please click to view a video of selected photos taken over … Continue reading
Posted in History, Nature, West Virginia
Tagged abandoned homes, Pocahontas County, West Virginia
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Living or Livid with Nature?
We weren’t always doggedly efficient extirpators—of insects for eating crops and stinging, of moles for spoiling perfect lawns, of predators for preying on livestock, and so on and on … Not so long ago, humans tolerated annoying wildlife with a … Continue reading
Bear Facts About Hunting
Hounds are set loose in the West Virginia forests to train before hunting season by chasing black bears to a tree where they take refuge Continue reading
Posted in Nature, West Virginia, Wildlife conservation
Tagged Appalachia, bear hounds, bear hunting, black bear
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Appalachian Poet – Bertie Jane Cutlip
Outside a country store in the Allegheny Mountains, she stood behind a table covered in mason jars of home-made apple jelly and pickles. It was one of those glorious fall days in West Virginia, so I lingered to buy some … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, West Virginia
Tagged poetry, poetry anthology, Sharp's Country Store, Webster County, West Virginia
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Should They Who Pay the Pipeline Call the Tune?
We gathered along an empty country road to gaze at the wounded hillside. It now has an orange stripe of bare earth instead of a green canopy. The sight reminded me of how skin contracts from the path of a … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, West Virginia
Tagged Atlantic Coast Pipeline, coal mine, gas pipeline, karst geology
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Roger musing about Peace with Nature 