Good Morning to all my fine friends that have given me a renewed sense of writing on the ol' homestead!

Thank you.I will try to beat out something to at least make this backwater shack have something to say.

As we all know the country is neck deep in  the quicksand known as the opiate crisis, here is an interesting article on the subject from the Guardian!

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/19/opioid-addiction-west-virginia-petersberg-breanne-mculty