Category Archives: West Virginia

Should They Who Pay the Pipeline Call the Tune?

Posted on March 27, 2020 by

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 →

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My Neighbor's Maple Syrup Sugar Shack

Posted on February 21, 2020 by

There’s a family I know in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia that has made maple syrup for over a century. As they are now short-handed of youngsters leaving for city work and the retainers get older and frailer, I … Continue reading →

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