#ThursdayDoors Wheeling, WV

Wheeling WV Door EclecticEvelyn.com

This is a picture of little hidden door in downtown Wheeling, West Virginia.  It appears to lead to a small alley between two buildings.  My friend, Sondra Jackson, who lives in Wheeling shared this photo with me because she knows how much I love doors. It was such a unique idea that I wanted to

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The Daily Show gives West Virginia the Willies

almost heaven WV EclecticEvelyn.com

Update: WV House – Delegate Don Perdue Responds to The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah Del. Don Perdue made these remarks on the floor of the WV House of Delegates during our Legislative session. [<a href=”//storify.com/EclecticEvelyn/wv-calls-out-the-daily-show-on-twitter” target=”_blank”>View the story “The Daily Show gives West Virginia the Willies” on Storify</a>]

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10 Facts about West Virginia

10 Facts about West Virginia EclecticEvelyn.com

  West Virginia was formed from the Allegany counties of Virginia over the question of slavery.  The Virginia government in Richmond had declared Virginia a slave state and part of the Confederacy.  Several of the westernmost counties were Union loyalist and after much argument with Richmond decided to secede from Virginia and form its own

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My Breakup with Network News

My Breakup with Network News Eclectic Evelyn.com Who controls the news?

I used to be a news junky. I would watch the local morning, six o’clock and eleven o’clock news every day and in between my television was always tuned to CNN, MSNBC, HLN, or C-Span. I was addicted to network news until one day, I noticed that all the news was basically the same. Sure

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