Shawn Means
@shawnmeans.bsky.social
Appalachian by Birth and by Choice. Boomer. Retired Non-Profit Executive turned Tourism Entrepreneur.
Covert Operations Director at the West Virginia Hot Dog Blog since 2006.
Covert Operations Director at the West Virginia Hot Dog Blog since 2006.
Just checked on my wife's ACA renewal and her premium will go from $389 to $1800 on January 1st.
Is America great again yet?
Is America great again yet?
November 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Just checked on my wife's ACA renewal and her premium will go from $389 to $1800 on January 1st.
Is America great again yet?
Is America great again yet?
My wife and her "doll eyes" (aka "Baneberry") found yesterday in the New River Gorge National Park.
September 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
My wife and her "doll eyes" (aka "Baneberry") found yesterday in the New River Gorge National Park.
Cutleaf Coneflower and an iridescent friend. Today in the New River Gorge National Park.
September 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Cutleaf Coneflower and an iridescent friend. Today in the New River Gorge National Park.
ICE is on the job in the Kanawha City neighborhood of Charleston WV. Four brownshirts asleep in the car parked at the corner of 53rd and Noyes, apparently drowsy from watching out for nonexistent illegals.
August 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
ICE is on the job in the Kanawha City neighborhood of Charleston WV. Four brownshirts asleep in the car parked at the corner of 53rd and Noyes, apparently drowsy from watching out for nonexistent illegals.
Saw this book in a coffee shop in West Virginia and immediately thought of @theauthorguy.bsky.social
August 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Saw this book in a coffee shop in West Virginia and immediately thought of @theauthorguy.bsky.social
This is what coal mines do to the landscape.
March 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This is what coal mines do to the landscape.
Main Street Coffee, Logan WV
February 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Main Street Coffee, Logan WV
The New York Times has set a new low in bothsideism with today's This Morning post about Trump's dictator tactics of the past week:
January 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The New York Times has set a new low in bothsideism with today's This Morning post about Trump's dictator tactics of the past week:
Cathedral Falls, Gauley Bridge, West Virginia.
January 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Cathedral Falls, Gauley Bridge, West Virginia.
I've always known the story but I've never been to the exact spot in Clay County where Golden Delicious apples were discovered, until today.
December 15, 2024 at 3:17 AM
I've always known the story but I've never been to the exact spot in Clay County where Golden Delicious apples were discovered, until today.
Probably the last mushrooms of the season for me. Hypholoma lateritium, or Brickcaps. Maybe if we get a few warm days I can score some oysters, but otherwise it'll be spring before fungi shows themselves again.
December 7, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Probably the last mushrooms of the season for me. Hypholoma lateritium, or Brickcaps. Maybe if we get a few warm days I can score some oysters, but otherwise it'll be spring before fungi shows themselves again.