The Language of Ghosts
March 4, 2026The sign here at Wehrum reads: Notice of Wehrum’s closing was posted unexpectedly in May, 1929. The houses were sold for lumber and the […]
Author: Joshua Penrod
What, then, can the ghosts tell us? Just a bit.
February 3, 2026So with that last entry, we had a look at number of things. The primary aspect I attempted to imbue was the setting’s intertwinement […]
A Brief Digression to a Town Called Wehrum
February 3, 2026Let’s continue just briefly with the ideas of the renaming of the blog, as it might be illustrative of the type of scene and […]
Coal Dust Rivers
February 3, 2026Taking a break from the historiography of my own writing with this blog entry, to note my more formal titling of it from “blog” […]
Change is continuity
February 3, 2026In Johnstown Waters, I came to learn about the many other ways in which water shaped Johnstown. The most prominent and popular example of […]
Where did you get the idea to do this?
February 3, 2026This is a good moment to consider the transition from Johnstown Industry to Johnstown Waters. Which is another way of asking a question I […]