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Cairo and some of Little Egypt

The southern portion of Illinois is known as Little Egypt. Maybe, the name recalls the Biblical story of Joseph and the seven-year famine, as the region supplied grain to the rest of the state during an early 19th century drought. … Continue reading

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One Hour Road Trip

The sky was filled with cloud cover, and I knew it would be gone by the early afternoon. I had been wanting a shot of one of Monroe County, WV’s best known haunted houses, Solitude Farm. I wasn’t sure of the exact location, or even what it looked like, but found an old 1990s auction ad from an newspaper with an online search, with directions on how to find it. It’s a 20 minute drive from our West Virginia home Continue reading

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