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Daleen v. Goliath: Will the Third Time Really be the Charm?

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 Supreme Court to stop the defense from taking my home Read more…

By Daleen Berry, 1 year1 year ago
Daleen giving a talk.
Addiction

All I Have is My Voice

So that’s what I’m using. That’s what Lisa would have done, if she was still alive. My sister would have turned 53 today, but for her opioid addiction. Lisa didn’t, as a good friend of hers in Tennessee reminded me recently, take flack from anyone. She stood up for herself, Read more…

By Daleen Berry, 1 year1 year ago
Elaine Hagebush
Domestic Violence

Eternally Elaine: Goodbye, My Book Club Friend

A few nights ago while thumbing through my Facebook feed, I saw that my friend Megan Krome had shared someone’s post. I clicked—and what I read shocked me. Megan’s mom, Elaine Muirhead Hagebush, had died. The impact of her death didn’t really hit me until the next morning. Elaine, you Read more…

By Daleen Berry, 3 years1 year ago
Addiction

Day 32: Stopping to Smell the Roses

I’m nearing the end of my long, literary journey, having driven more than 2,500 miles to date, from West Virginia to Arizona, and complete strangers have turned into new friends, as I stop and smell the roses – both literally and figuratively. The roses, you see, are the people I Read more…

By Daleen Berry, 4 years4 years ago
Books

“You’re Going to Sell a Million Copies”

That’s some powerful positive thinking going on, and it’s what one reader told me in a message a couple of days ago. Oddly enough, I woke up this morning feeling the same way, that belief having taken root in my brain. I sat up in bed and realized that today Read more…

By Daleen Berry, 5 years ago
Bullying

Is Donald Trump a Rapist?

You may not know this, but many journalists don’t vote. Why? Because they believe holding a political opinion impairs their ability to objectively do their jobs. This is one reason I remain largely silent during election years. Since journalists are at the front line of an election, in order to Read more…

By Daleen Berry, 5 years5 years ago
Books

Shatter the Silence Book Cover Arrives!

Drum roll, please, for my newest book cover! If you’ve read Sister of Silence, you might recall that I ended my memoir on a cliffhanger. I promise, it was not intentional. Many readers later wrote, asking what happened after I left “Eddie”—because I simply didn’t say. I was so focused Read more…

By Daleen Berry, 5 years5 years ago
Colorado

Mental Illness and Police Incompetence Lead to Murder, Suicide, in Aspen

Years ago when I published The Deputy for West Virginia police officers, a question arose about what would be considered newsworthy. At the time, the board of directors chose to let me have the final say over editorial content. When a fellow officer was later charged with DUI, I chose Read more…

By Daleen Berry, 6 years6 years ago
Depression

It’s Cold Out There—So if You’re a Tenant Know Your Rights

Welcome to winter in all its glory: snow and ice and subzero temperatures when the wind chill decides to kick in, as it did most of the last week—and as it’s sure to do again. Accompanying these feats of the elements are frozen pipes and broken furnaces or, if you Read more…

By Daleen Berry, 6 years ago
Domestic Violence

Weekend Rapes Raise Concerns About Female Safety in Morgantown

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — I was alone for three minutes and thirty-six seconds today before someone else came along. That, ladies, is more than long enough to be raped. I was walking beneath South High Street, making my way along the rail-trail toward the Pleasant Street bridge, where one of two Read more…

By Daleen Berry, 6 years6 years ago

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