The roller-coaster ride is probably not over but one week later, we’re home. My husband’s glucose levels are far lower than they were even a few days ago, and we are well armed: with a plan to reverse his diabetes and heart disease. (I thought a daily journal would show Read more…
People say you should never leave someone you love alone in a hospital. And doctors write books about the need for patients to be their own best advocates. Yesterday I learned exactly why both thoughts are crucial. I’m pondering it as WVU plays its final home game today because ironically, Read more…
In January, my friend Sheila and I went to Mexico for our mutual friend Olga’s wedding. We knew a little Spanish, but not much. An hour after our plane landed, we got into a car with two men, strangers we had never met, and began a one-hour journey to our Read more…
Being a blogger when you’ve been a reporter—specifically a crime reporter—can be challenging. The newshound me wants to know who did what when and how, and why did they do it? It also chaffs at authorities when they refuse to provide those details, and at other reporters who don’t make Read more…
Our hearts are heavy after the death of West Virginia State Trooper Marshall Bailey, 42. He died in the line of duty last night. Bailey’s partner, Trooper Eric Workman is in a coma and on life support, which means his situation is almost as grave. (EDIT: Tpr. Workman died Friday, Read more…
If we’re to believe Stephanie Lizon, being a farmer is a dangerous way to make a living. Lizon is at the center of what appears to be one of the worst cases of domestic violence in recent history. The petite brunette looked tired and worn down Friday morning, as she Read more…
This morning I woke up from a dream in which I was trying to find a colorful clause to go with the verb “giggled,” as in “like a little girl.” That’s what happens when you go to a writing workshop taught by Jim Minick, author of several books, including The Read more…
I was born in California and had I grown up there, I’m certain my life would have turned out quite different. For one thing, I’d be a surfer. A water baby at heart, you couldn’t keep me away from the Pacific Ocean if I had grown up in the Bay Read more…
It takes a lot to make a grown man cry. Especially in Preston County, where they just don’t. Centuries of struggle and tribulation have rendered these macho Mountaineers strong and stoic, when it comes to showing such emotion. But on Friday, April 27, as the lid on Shannon Stafford’s white Read more…
Court documents prove Nathan Mitchell has history of abuse; Facebook posts raise other questions Five years of fear forced 25-year-old Kristin Thompson to keep mum about her own abuse. While she remains terrified of her former abuser, she says she must speak up, because she’s afraid that silence may have Read more…