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Mountaintop Removal
“Remember to remove the I Love Mountains bumper sticker before heading into coal country.” That was advice I gave myself before touring counties where mountaintops are being “removed” by open mining in the heart of Appalachia. I wasn’t a declared … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Nature
Tagged Appalachia, John Grisham, mountaintop removal, Nicholas County, open coal mine, West Virginia
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Ghost Story from West Virginia
MY NIGHT AT JOHN NORTH HOUSE Aha! So that’s the house I heard rumors about. Surely my family can’t believe it’s haunted? After parking on a steep rise above the town center I stared at the rambling brick mansion with … Continue reading
Posted in Other
Tagged ghost story, John North House, Lewisburg, Old Stone Presbyterian Church, West Virginia, WV South
Star-struck
Few people are star-struck these days—unless you mean a movie- or rock-star. How could they be when the nightly spectacle is veiled by light pollution? That expression might strike you as perverse, even as a non sequitur, for isn’t “light” … Continue reading
Posted in Other
Tagged astronomy, blackout, light pollution, science, stars, West Virginia
Bertie’s Latest Poem
The first time we met Bertie she was sitting behind bottles of apple butter and pickled vegetables laid out on a wooden table in the green outside Sharp’s Store in West Virginia. The bottles were lined up in serried ranks, … Continue reading
Appalachian Spring
I took the title from Aaron Copland because his suite captures the very essence of my feelings about Appalachia at this time of year. Springtime arrives late, growing very slowly like the music until a major arpeggio bursts out of … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir
Tagged Appalachia, West Virginia
