One Year Later . . . .
Today marks one year without my sweet baby boy Widget. Widget was my soul cat and losing him left a quiet in our home that is still heavy to this day. Even with the 3 girls here with us, there…
Manda
The Corporate Boot Has Always Had Blood on It
Corporations have always used and abused West Virginia, treating the people of this state as nothing more than disposable collateral damage. Just look back at the Paint Creek / Cabin Creek strike in 1913. Coal operators, along with local law…
West Virginia Isn’t Poor. It’s Been Impoverished.
West Virginia has shipped out everything. Our coal, gas, timber, and even our young people. Yet we remain one of the nation’s poorest states. This isn’t due to lack of hard work, but because the wealth we generate never stays…
My Soul Cat is Gone
In the early morning hours of November 1st, 2025, my world shifted forever. My soul cat, my sweet baby boy Widget, lost his brave battle with GI lymphoma, just two weeks after his diagnosis. Everything happened so fast that it…
Why My Cats Rule the House (and Probably the World)
Let’s be honest: I think I own four cats. But deep down, I know the truth. I’m just a well-trained, food-dispensing, tent-building minion to a furry feline cabal. Around here, cats rule the house, specifically Widget, Fern, Ash, and Toadie.…
Things I’ve Learned After 20+ Years of Blogging
You know you’ve been blogging a long time when your first posts were written on a dial-up connection, you used “guestbooks,” and you thought “web rings” were a legitimate marketing strategy. Yep. I’ve been blogging for over two decades. That’s…
A Love Hate Relationship with Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is a touchy subject for many. A.I. art is filling social media platforms, choking out real artists, and many are using it to create propaganda. At first, it was a little funny to see people sharing A.I. images…
New Blog? Kinda.
It’s been a while, a long while, since I last blogged. It’s been well over a year, and in that time I allowed my hosting to lapse, which means all of my past posts, almost two decades worth, were deleted.…
It Wasn’t Supposed To Be Like This
2022 was an odd year for me. It was both one of the best years and one of the worsts. Our business expanded and we have seen growth like no other year. It is also the year that we had…
A Fern Sent To Heal Our Hearts
Months before Nefarian got sick, before we knew anything was wrong, I had told Mike that we should adopted a female black kitten and name her Fern. I said it a few times, just to put it out there if…