I used to listen to long YouTube videos at work since we can’t have books in a sterile room but we could have headphones. When I got home after a long shift I’d be up and moving around cleaning and cooking so I never got a chance to just sit down and read. It took me three months to read Circe by Madeline Miller. Loved the book but I barely had time for it.

Realized in mid-August I could listen to audiobooks for free on Libby. It’s now October and I’ve gone through 45 books

It’s a game changer.

I went in September and I couldn’t leave my car for more than a few minutes at a time. A wildfire in sequoia was blowing smoke over the mountains which blocked out the sun a little bit but that didn’t help too much.

And the main export the state had was drained from the state without being used to invest on the state. West Virginia was essentially a resource colony for a century.

I was hoping that making New River Gorge into a national park would bring people to the state but most of the people going were people already interested in visiting before.

I saw a story about some people moving in and turning some old properties into bnbs but I’m sure there’s limits to that too

Reminds me of “The fourth kind”

That movie was horrifying if you met it halfway

Ngl West Virginia is fucking gorgeous. The people are incredibly nice and welcoming and I can’t wait to come back.

I just wish there was more I could do to help the people there. I know it’s complicated but I know West Virginians deserve better