WEST VIRGINIA (Part 1)
I called my mother to tell I had settled in West Virginia. She wept.
BUILD A WALL
I’ve lived in Shepherdstown for 50 years. I never moved here. I just ended up here.
DAINTY ZINGERS
How to blow up a 20-year friendship.
EVE’S GIFT
Many see this mythic tale as a tragedy. “The Fall.” I don’t.
THE BIBLE AS TALISMAN
The president did not hold up the presidential seal. He did not hold up the Declaration of Independence. Why the Bible?
AND TRUMP MUST BE DEFEATED
What the young Trump learned in church.
RACHEL’S PASSION
I just met the most amazing person, and I can’t wait to tell you about her.
HOMO DEUS
We can’t count on thoughts and prayers alone to save southern West Virginia.
TWENTY-EIGHT GOATS
Five years ago, I swore I’d never write about my grandson ever again after the incident I related in Cowshit.
FOUR-WAY STOP
One day last week, I and three others arrived at the same time at the four-way stop at the intersection of German and Duke. It was awkward.
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