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rescue
young people like to commit suicide by jumping off that big bridge. if you travel to West Virginia, or you plan to travel to West Virginia, and you pick up some brochures…or go to a website…and look….I can almost guarantee, … Continue reading
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Tagged compassion, New river Bridge, New River Gorge, New River Gorge bridge, rescue, suicide, West Virginia
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a palette of rainflowers
a palette of flowers…on a soggy spring afternoon… with purple trillium…and… little blue and chartreuse colored spring wildflowers along the rail trail… ….a vibrant carpet of fresh scent, fresh color, and fresh experiences…
Posted in Life, Photography
Tagged flowers, Life, photography, photos, rail trail, rain, Spring, trail, trillium, West Virginia, wildflowers
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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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Mountain Quintet # 1
this is for the great masses who enjoy diverse forms of poetry. i confess to not being very talented at formulaic verse, since my passion to write is more iconoclastic…preferring poetic fiction, poetic prose, and subject matter inspired by subject … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Photography, Poetry
Tagged Bear Heaven, boulders, foliage, geography, Life, maps, Mountains, photography, poetry, quintet, Rocks, West Virginia
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it’s nearly spring, and those mountain roads are calling
it is not for the faint of heart to travel some of the more rugged and remote roads of West Virginia…but so many are waiting for you and I…to travel down that corridor…into wild and wonderful mountain landscapes, with surprises … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Travel
Tagged Forests, meadows, Mountains, photography, roads, small towns, Spring, travel, West Virginia
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A Name Poem: The Mountain State
Pickle Street, Hewett Creek, Guyandotte, Jodie, Kanawha Trace, Ogden, Oley, Bowdie, Wheeling Creek, Whitmer, Whymer, Cobb Hico, Hicks Ridge, Huff Creek, Johnny Knob. Tea Creek, Stonecoal, Shawver, Swiss, Millstone, Mountain View, Minden, Bliss, Klondike, Keeny’s Creek, Burnt House, Dailey, … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Travel
Tagged creeks, history, Life, rivers, towns, USA, West Virginia
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Peace in our time
As I walked along the trail today, vicious dogs threatened, ignorant rednecks stared, and a host of people invaded my search for peace…on a trail supposedly maintained by the state government. Which brings me to my premise: Do we, as … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged bicycles, cycling, greenways, hiking, peace, photography, public property, recreation, rights, trails, West Virginia
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving Day! …from West Virginia… Photo: Blennerhasset Island State Park in the Ohio River
My peace and The Presence
along my walk today, i stopped to sit awhile and listened to the sounds of creation…a flow of melody by an orchestra of pebbles and stones washed over by an unrelenting stream… …it was music to me, and to the … Continue reading
Posted in Hiking, Life, Nature
Tagged forest, God, hiking, Life, nature, peace, photography, West Virginia
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