MORGANTOWN, WV—As 2019 exits stage right, let’s talk babies—and Facebook. First thing this morning, that social network reminded me of my actions for every December 31 for the last several years. Of special import was one memory from Dec. 31, Read more…
Four years ago today I was promoting my books. I either offered a free download or placed them on sale. That seems like a lifetime ago, and it’s certainly not what I’m focused on today. I’m thankful today, like I Read more…
MORGANTOWN, WV—I knew I shouldn’t have done it. And yet I did. Sunday evening, so I had a free hand to open my car door, I placed the massive pile of papers I was holding on the hood of the Read more…
MORGANTOWN, WV—I am packing boxes and filling plastic garbage bags. For the last two years, six months, and some odd days, I have wanted to downsize. Weed out the unessential. Keep only what matters. Because with a simple lifestyle comes Read more…
MORGANTOWN, WV—Every time I walk into the state Capitol, I’m in awe. After going through security, I ride the elevator to the third floor. The ceilings are high and ornate, the copper, wood, and marble décor regal. It never fails Read more…
MORGANTOWN, WV—In the last three weeks, I’ve driven to the West Virginia State Capitol three times. Each time, I delivered a legal motion. Today was trip number three. Today’s motion was for expedited relief, and I asked the West Virginia Read more…
MORGANTOWN, WV—Last Friday I drove to Charleston again. To file another motion with the WV Supreme Court. As a back-up measure, after an attorney told me the petition I filed on October 8 may not stop Nate Wolfe from further Read more…
MORGANTOWN, WV—Seeing the words in black and white was not as exciting as I thought it would be. Perhaps that’s because the WV Supreme Court order is more abstract than I expected. Or hoped. When I found the order in Read more…
MORGANTOWN, WV—It’s at times like these that I think of Anthony Shadid. The Pulitzer Prize winning journalist died in 2012 from asthma, while on assignment in Syria. He was just 43. He was also extremely allergic to horses. Sadly, Shadid Read more…
MORGANTOWN, WV—So it is that I am now speaking out, loud and clear. When I went public at Wednesday’s Monongalia County Commission meeting, to shed light on Culp v. Wolfe and the court’s interference in my role as executrix of Read more…