Hundred Mountain

The Hoopies were out in force at Culturefest 2010, atop a mountain in southern West Virginia.

“There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story.” ~ Linda Hogan

Maj0r Minor I am a major minor artist. Which is better, I think, than being a minor major artist. ~ By Cardinal Crowe (from the forthcoming collection of epigrams, bon mots and poetry, “What I Meant To Say,” The WestVirginiaVille Press)

Wannabe diners spill out onto Quarrier Street, looking for a last meal at Blossom Dairy before the Bill Sohovich-era comes to a close at the popular lunchhole in downtown Charleston, W.Va. Click to enlarge. See Sohovich in action, in full field marshall mode at high noon lunch hour, talking to the camera about why he’s [...]

A cool drink of water. Click to enlarge.

Generally, it’s straight to the spam-can with the spam messages that sneak through my blog filters. Now and then, one makes it through that is sheer… well, if not poetry, a haiku written by a beatnik poet on meth. Like the one below that I got today, broken into free verse poetic lines. Did a [...]