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Mar 13, 2011 | The Front Porch

I mentioned in my last post I’ve changed jobs.  There’s been a lot of stress with that.  Not really a bad kind of stress (is there really such a thing as good stress?) but just stress from a stuffed schedule, logistical matters, that kind of thing.  I have...

It’s a Cold World

Jan 14, 2011 | The Front Porch

It’s a cold world.  At least it is around here right now.  I’m in the south, specifically Alabaster, Alabama and it just doesn’t get mentionably cold very often in this part of the country.  This year has been exceptional in that we have had several...

A Real Live Mystery of Sorts | What happened to Lilian Jackson Braun

Jan 12, 2011 | The Front Porch

Featured with this blog post is a photo of my cat, Ramses. She is a stray I rescued from the side of I-65 somewhere between Cullman, AL and Birmingham, AL as I made a trip to take my children to visit relatives a few years ago. I’ve always had a cat. The first...

The Company Store at Ward, WV | Kelly’s Creek Colliery Co. & Valley Camp Coal

Jan 12, 2011 | Genealogy

Kelly’s Creek Colliery, as I understand it, was the primary coal mining company in operation at Ward, WV.  It was owned by Valley Camp Coal.  Anyone familiar with coal mining operations has undoubtedly heard of the company store.  Mining companies...

Five Mile Sunday School Class Near Ward, WV | 1927-1929

Jan 4, 2011 | Genealogy

The above photo is of a Sunday school class gathering at Ward Community Church likely many years after the Sunday School classes at Five Mile stopped meeting.  I have not been able to find a photo of the Sunday School class at Five Mile if one exists. The Five Mile...

Christmas in Ward, WV

Dec 21, 2010 | Genealogy

I can only imagine what Christmas must have been like at Ward, WV.  I was not there and have only the stories of grandparents, aunts, uncles and people who comment here on this blog  to kindle my imagination. I believe it was a special time.  It was...