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Who is This Guy?

I grew up in Ohio, but have lived in West Virginia for many, many moons. I settled in the Mountain State after spending a good portion of…

Oct 6, 2023

Who is This Guy?

Oct 6, 2023

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ILLUMINATION

A Newspaper Editor Reflects on Writing

A time-tested treatise and an iconic literary figure can lead you in the “write” direction

Nov 20, 2023

A Newspaper Editor Reflects on Writing

Nov 20, 2023

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Thirty over Fifty

‘Big Two-Hearted River’ Still the Best Literary Depiction of PTSD

In Hemingway’s short story, a fly line becomes a lifeline for a deeply-wounded man returning from war

May 1

Ernest Hemingway book shown with fly rod and a small fly box.

May 1

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Thirty over Fifty

Appalachian ‘Holler’ Speech still Lingers up Yonder

Rapidly disappearing, old-time mountain dialects lose some of their stigma

Jun 11

Cabin in Appalachia in the 1930s

Jun 11

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A Fishing Side Hustle that’s a Real Stretch

Wherein club members learn the importance of not forgetting their rubbers

Jun 4

Two blonde women in waders holding a rainbow trout

Jun 4

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How Krok Invented Fly Fishing

Anthropologists have traced a major piscatorial breakthrough back to a legendary Paleolithic paragon

Apr 10

Cartoon of caveman and cavewoman

Apr 10

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MuddyUm

Planning a National Park Trip? Not so Fast!

The great outdoors is no place for unlicensed newbies

Apr 3

Illustration of three tents in a field in the woods.

Apr 3

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The Haven

Hares and Heresy on the Bunny Trail

Have your Peeps call my Peeps about these hopped-up claims

Mar 27

Hares and Heresy on the Bunny Trail

Mar 27

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Thirty over Fifty

Death of a Library

School libraries are becoming an endangered species. Book burnings, not so much.

Mar 19

Death of a Library

Mar 19

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Age of Empathy

My Father’s Box

Made of cedar and intricately carved, it contains mementos of a life cut short

Mar 13

My Father’s Box

Mar 13

Robert E. Saunders

Robert E. Saunders

Robert E. Saunders is a newspaper and magazine editor, writer and outdoors enthusiast. Reading him won't help your side hustle.

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