Snow and Jaggers

So much is being lost in rural America.  I don't even pretend to know the real economic and social factors that lead to the decline of r...

I remember coming to this place since childhood--which is not to say that I've lived my whole life in this area.  I'm actually a ret...

It's just snow and bare trees, gray skies and colorless branches, and temperatures below freezing.  We've been having the most wonde...

I so rarely make it downtown these days, and certainly not at night.  Although I'm not a Boy Scout, I had reason to be at Flag Plaza--ne...

I hadn't been to Minister Creek in about twelve years.  I only went there once when we lived up that direction, and it was so overrun wi...

It was such a rare pleasure to escape into the sentimental arms of a real winter season in late January.  This was my birthday excursion to ...

There are two scenic overlooks in the Allegheny National Forest near the river town of Tidioute.  There's the "Town Overlook" ...