Gus™

I’m an Appalachian photographer and storyteller. Sometimes, I do both at the same time.

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Howard V. Brown (1878-1945), "The Model Workers"

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[the-big-mood]

Sam Neill has sadly passed away at the age of 78.

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A climbing raccoon. Out-of-doors. v. 2. 1932.

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streetsandsnapshots

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December 31st, 2016-January 3rd, 2017

This was @lizadomuch’s second trip to West Virginia for our New Year’s celebration.

While she was here, we stayed with my sister in the Summersville, WV area and I showed her the New River Gorge Bridge, Babcock State Park, the lower Summersville Lake, and the Gauley River.

We had a bit of snow and ice, so our hikes were limited.

We enjoyed time at the iconic Babcock State Park reconstructed grist mill. I like to think about where it was when it was functional. I know it’s located in a more aesthetic spot off to the side, but its old spot is still visible downstream.

The Babcock State Park is a good place to practice longer exposure waterfall shots, especially on an overcast day.

The drained lake is interesting because the boulders on the edge are not exposed in the Summer time.

As evening approached the night before she went back to Oklahoma, we took some photos of our LEGO minifigs by the water.

I experimented with the lighting to show the minifigs.

On January 3rd, 2017, we took Elizabeth to the airport and she went back home. It was another month before we saw each other in person again.

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December 18th, 2016

I went with my sister to show my niece the “Polar Express” themed event for children with the trains in Cass, WV

We started our trip by getting food at the Snowshoe Resort.

An interesting thing about Snowshoe is that it is built along the crest of a mountain. The views of this place are gorgeous all around. No matter the window, it is stunning.

Many buildings were designed with “Mountain rustic” aesthetic loosely inspired by Scandinavian towns and old Canadian towns.

In the restaurant, our view spanned over the western side with beautiful sunsets for later guests.

There was a heavy snow in the mountain area the night before we were there, but the ski resort also had their own snowmaking machine.

After we ate, we ventured to the town of Cass for the “Polar Express” themed train ride. Notice the snow levels were much less at this elevation.

In its early days, Cass was surrounded by ancient forests so, logically, the town started as a train-based timber town. That being said, this fact that this factory was also a paper mill came as a surprise for me. I didn’t get a chance to check the mill out for a few more years.

We boarded our train and my niece loved the idea of visiting the “North Pole”

After our train ride, we stopped at the general store. I loved the windows along the wall. It is very tourist driven now, but I like to think about the original general store. I’m sure it had groceries and medicines along with household items and even jewelry and furniture. It served as an emporium of sorts for local artisans.

At the end of our day, there was an older couple watching from inside the store as the last line of sunlight crept up the mountains.

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Universal healthcare is not big government. It's holding the government accountable. It's demanding that the government serve the people.

Police murdering a baby then tear gassing the resulting protesters? THAT is big government. Filling prisons so corporations can use them as slave labor? THAT is big government. ICE kidnapping and torturing people then arresting people for trying to document those atrocities? THAT is big government.

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HI LET’S SHARE NICOLE’S WORDS ON THE SUBJECT! 

It has been literal years but every time I see Martin’s tweets posted somewhere and his word is shared as truth while her post is not shared it sort of reiterates the fact that we trust men to speak about feminism more than we believe women who experience it. 

Interesting, innit? https://medium.com/@nickyknacks/working-while-female-59a5de3ad266

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Reading her account of how their boss treated her blows me away. Men are so emboldened that they will literally admit to illegal discrimination casually and face no consequences.

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In all the years of seeing this post I’ve never seen a link to her side. Didn’t even know she’d written one.

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Adding screenshots of her post. His whole post is there without needing a link. Hers should be, too.

Also, she posted this is 2017! It’s fucking 2020 and I’ve seen his side of this for years, but it took 3 years for her side to make its way to my dash…

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I’ve reblogged his story at least twice; it’s time for Nicole’s.

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It’s 2023 and i just now learned that Nicole’s response was also out there

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