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From barns to buildings
One of the features of driving through Appalachia is seeing the remnants of the extreme branding reach of Mail Pouch Tobacco. Drive highways and byways of Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio and it won’t take long to see a barn or two (or four) emblazoned with Mail Pouch Tobacco on the side. Some are more… Continue reading
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What’s your number?
This year I hit a new record: This is the longest I have had the same telephone number. Fifteen years. That’s a big deal. I have never had the same number for more than four years, at least since I was 10 years old and living with my parents. Why? I have moved around so… Continue reading
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When ChatGPT helps me write a blog post
Not that I have any problem coming up with story ideas or even writing — for anything short of a novel I have no problem with writer’s block — but I figured it’d be interesting to see what 2023’s favorite author, ChatGPT, might have to say about what I should write about. So I did.… Continue reading
About Me
Journalist and writer. Loves writing, storytelling, books, typewriters. Always trying to find my line. Oh, and here’s where I am now.
Nows and Forevers 