With our recent snowfall, I was reminded of the good old days when the road crews used ashes or, as my dad called it, “red dog” – cinders that had a red tinge to it, to coat the roads instead of salt. Yes, it made everything dirty, but it worked to melt ice and snow […]

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Having lived in Vermont most of my life I am no stranger to snow and treacherous road conditions. I remember specifically learning about how to drive in such conditions in driver’s ed.  Due to the fact that Vermont gets a lot more snow than West Virginia, I would say drivers in Vermont are a bit […]

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The special interest agendas that have swept through the West Virginia Senate and House of Delegates show no end in sight. The oil and gas industry has been at the forefront of these efforts, mainly in its attempts to legislate the taking of property interests and rights through proposed forced pooling and forced lease integration […]

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We all know why kids love it when the snow is falling and sticking on the ground; it pretty much guarantees a school cancellation. But what about us adults?  Most of us are working, sitting in our offices and looking out of the window wondering when it will stop. On top of that, we are […]

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As reported on this blog previously, the White House, through executive action, has modified HIPAA, otherwise known as the “Privacy Rule.” The new guidelines can be found at the U.S. Department of Human Services.  For anyone attempting to secure a copy of their private health information (PHI), they should refer to these guidelines, as they […]

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Here is a FUN FACT: each square inch of your smartphone or iPad contains roughly 25,000 germs making them two of the filthiest things you come in contact with on a daily basis. Now, will you put the next smartphone call on speaker instead of putting it up to your ear/face? Yes, I hope you […]

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Flint, Mich. is once again in the news for all wrong reasons. As if the city hasn’t endured enough through impoverishment and a rapid rise in violent crime, thanks largely to “free trade” boondoggles that sent GM and other industries to Mexico, Flint is now under a state of emergency because of lead in its […]

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Yes, I am super excited about the firm trip to Las Vegas! I’ve always wanted to have the Vegas experience.  I, along with Jeanne Dedo and her husband, have booked a helicopter flight to the Grand Canyon!  That has been something else I have always wanted to do – see the Grand Canyon.  I really […]

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The world and our country are changing. Some of those changes may be welcome, and some of them not so much, but many of them are beyond our power, here in West Virginia, to control. The choices we face are not about whether change is coming, but whether we will capitalize on new circumstances, or […]

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I was lucky to have been invited to the family/friends preview showing of Charlotte’s Web on Thursday, January 28,2016. Charlotte’s Web is currently being performed at Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre.  Let me start out by saying this was absolutely wonderful from beginning to end. Everyone knows the tale of Charlotte’s Web where Charlotte (the spider) […]

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