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Five Things I Learned Today...
My friend Alan P. Scott taught me the word “bildungsroman.” I have spent the whole day looking for a chance to use it in conversation. Try as I might, though, it will not be lessened to… more »
Hill Trash
Five Things I Learned Today...
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sarahemc2 wrote 1 week ago: My friend Alan P. Scott taught me the word “bildungsroman.” I have spent the whole day … more »
Petty Larceny Cobbler
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sarahemc2 wrote 2 weeks ago: I’m a thief. There is a mulberry tree in a yard at the end of our block, and for the second … more »
Sour Cherry and Kumquat Jam
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sarahemc2 wrote 3 weeks ago: There was a farmer selling a healthy crop of sour cherries at the farmer’s market this morning … more »
Is West Virginia the New Alabama?
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sarahemc2 wrote 1 month ago: I was once married to a man who had grown up in Birmingham right next door to Bull Connor. Though b … more »
Asphalt Haiku
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sarahemc2 wrote 1 month ago: As Found Along Decker’s Creek Trail Monday, May 19, 2008 … more »
Preserving Spring: Ramp Pickles, Ramp Kimchi
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sarahemc2 wrote 2 months ago: Ramp season is drawing to a close. The few I picked this week had yellowing leaves and huge bulbs … more »
Bruhaha: Miley Cyrus and James Frey
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sarahemc2 wrote 2 months ago: Vanity Fair is getting on my nerves. First, they write a long apologia for the literary dickhead o … more »
Full Spring
sarahemc2 wrote 2 months ago: In West Virginia, the seasons overlap… winter seeping into summer nights, summer flitting back … more »
Stink, Stank, Stunk
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sarahemc2 wrote 2 months ago: Nothing is more Hill Trashy than a ramp. This sublimely stinky, insanely pungent weed is the hicks … more »
The Old Gray Sedan with the Tragic Blue Door...
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sarahemc2 wrote 2 months ago: It’s summer weather today, though there may be snow by Monday. I am thinking a lot about lo … more »
Dayenu Reconsidered
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sarahemc2 wrote 2 months ago: The problem with praying in English instead of Hebrew is that the words have meaning beyond the sou … more »
Something I'm Too Old To Do Well
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sarahemc2 wrote 2 months ago: I’m about to go and take the GRE in the hope of a Hail Mary entrance into WVU’s MFA pro … more »
In West Virginia, Even Princesses Eat Pimento Cheese on White Bread
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sarahemc2 wrote 3 months ago: I’m sure she could not sleep with a pea beneath her matress, though mostly I’m sure of t … more »
Among the Garbage and the Flowers...
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sarahemc2 wrote 3 months ago: My daily walk takes me past the encampment of homeless folk who live under the bridge toward the tra … more »
How Terribly Strange to Be Seventy
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sarahemc2 wrote 3 months ago: Ron will be seventy a week from tomorrow. Seventy. There isn’t much left to him but storie … more »
Blue Moose Cafe
newtoncoffee wrote 6 months ago: CAFÉ Blue Moose Cafe LOCATION Morgantown (Downtown) VISIT 12/18/07 8am BEVERAGE Skim Latte … more »
No Place Like Home
jamestaylor79 wrote 9 months ago: This weekend I experienced my first trip outside New York (not counting New Jersey, briefly), as I … more »
West Virginia is Getting Man-Handled
Temple3 wrote 9 months ago: South Florida is taking it to the Mountaineers of West Virginia. Last year, the Bulls won at Morgan … more »
In the shop today ... 8/6/08 The Giant Alien Pinata: A True and Embarrassing Story!
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mikeinsedona wrote 11 months ago: I hate to admit that anything artificial can make a difference in my mood, but three days ago I ran … more »
