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the burning earth
somewhere between New Straitsville, Murray City, and Shawnee, a fire is burning, burning the earth beneath, unquenchable. way back in 1884, a group of striking miners, sent a “take-this-job-and-shove-it” message to their bosses by sending several coal cars with oil-drenched timbers deep … Continue reading
Posted in History, Life
Tagged coal mining, forest, Ohio, travel, underground fire, Wayne National Forest
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enjoying the mystery
no words, just pictures…that is all we need late in the summer sun. no expressions, just a moment that lingers. the icy gel of white-tipped waves in a basin planned by engineers…i turn away from the dam, the unnatural spillway, … Continue reading
A peace of tranquility
a tranquil slice of the natural…on a day hot enough to boil an egg on your automobile…
a moment’s indulgence in a summer painting
shades of green and blue…and white…summer’s palette…simmering…framed by sunlight. impossible to paint, to capture the material…and the spiritual…i am astounded by the beauty You create…
Going up to The Big House
Cajoe Phillips is buried within boating distance of The Big House- but not off of the same river. First, you would take a little boat down Wolf Creek to the banks of the Muskingum River. You might want to switch … Continue reading
Posted in History, Life, Travel
Tagged 1800s, Blennerhassett Island, Cajoe Phillips, England, Harmon Blennerhassett, history, Ireland, Margaret Blennerhassett, Ohio, Ohio River, photography, slavery, travel, USA, Wolf Creek
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side-road symphony for one
you will find dirt like this on the moon. lovely gray stuff. but here- beside roads bleached by lime and sun. gray-white lanes snaking through countryside…abandoned to reversion…their tails gently disappearing over rises subtle and severe, waiting for the next … Continue reading
Questions for the seeker
if you never take the time to walk in the woods… …to step out of what man has built… and experience what God created for you to enjoy… will you understand His heart…His peace…His gentle love? you were fearfully and … Continue reading
Posted in God, Life, Photography
Tagged fiddlehead fern, God, Life, moss, nature, photography, photos, Spring, streams, the Spirit, trails, travel, woodlands
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The Lost Kerryman in the Land of Ranch Dressing
a massive quilt, a series of high trusses, and an Ohio flag hung from the rafters of the metal pole building, trying to pass as a convenience store. “You have salad?” “We got garden salad.” it was buried under the … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Travel
Tagged convenience store, Life, Midwest, nature, nature preserves, Ohio, photography, photos, Ranch Dressing, salad, travel, waterfalls
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Getting to the Middle of nowhere
(from a Middle Island meadow, looking back to a bridge over the Ohio River) A photo journey to Middle Island in the Ohio River, part of a national wildlife refuge… (home to numerous wildlife….) (Headland Trail, Middle Island) (spring trail-side … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Photography, Travel
Tagged Life, nature, Ohio, Ohio River, photography, refuge, river, trail, travel, USA, West Virginia, wildlife
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walking across america
Aubrey Benmark started out from Brooklyn, New York, on Saint Patrick’s Day, and crossed the bridge over Blennerhassett Island into Ohio today. I saw her this morning, but did not know it- she crossed the highway with some kind of … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Photography, Travel
Tagged America, Ash Cave, Aubrey Benmark, hiking, Hocking Hills, kindness, Life, Ohio, photography, strangers, travel, walking, West Virginia
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