Tag Archive: Local Living/Living Local

We’re Losing Touch With Nature

Admin October 1, 1992 0 Comments

Last week, on the first evening of autumn, I drove out to the county home of some friends. They live in the original house of a farmstead that is now subdivided into lots for new prefab houses and mobile homes….
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1991-1993, Charleston Gazette, Columns

Environment vs. Development, Local Living/Living Local, West Virginia

A Refreshing Approach to Living

Admin September 10, 1992 2 Comments

For most Americans, Mexico is a vacation playground. We jet into Acapulco or Cancun, where we are pampered in Holiday Inns, get a great return on our dollar, and are effectively walled off from the “other” Acapulco or Cancun. Poverty…
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1991-1993, Charleston Gazette, Columns

American Cultural Imperialism, Class/Wealth Divide, Local Living/Living Local

James (Jim) Ralston lives on Rocky Gap Creek outside of Cumberland, Maryland, a post-industrial town trying to find its way. It’s also the setting of for his new book of poems, Lyrics for a Low Noon, recently released by Blue Light Press out of San Francisco, and soon to be available at Amazon.com. Ralston currently teaches English and Play Production at Blue Ridge Community and Technical College in Martinsburg, West Virginia. He has been writing columns, articles, and poetry for several decades; below is a listing of selected writings archived on jameslralston.com. Read more.