Growing Up in Wheeling: Woodsdale HomesMike Quinn November 21, 2017If you lived in a castle in modern times you would wonder what all the things in the castle used...
Growing Up in Wheeling: Sitting on my Woodsdale PorchMike Quinn November 6, 2017Sitting on the porch was an art in the old days in Woodsdale. The neighborhoods were very much designed for...
Growing Up in Wheeling: Employment in WoodsdaleMike Quinn October 26, 2017When I was young there was a strange concept floating about. Children worked for money, it did not fall out...
Growing Up in Wheeling: The Woodsdale HillMike Quinn October 21, 2017World War II ended. Â Soldiers returned to our beloved country. Â Those soldiers settled down and immediately started reproducing. Â That meant...
Growing Up in Wheeling: The Woodsdale MafiaMike Quinn October 7, 2017I was a pretty good boy and a good student at Woodsdale until I joined the mafia in the seventh...
Learning to Drink in WheelingMike Quinn May 16, 2017Somehow we all got introduced to the ancient evil of alcohol. In Wheeling most likely it was beer. Way back...
Growing Up in Wheeling: Gang Warfare in WoodsdaleMike Quinn May 8, 2017Gang warfare was an important part of Woodsdale culture. What always comes to mind first is the “Mary Wheat Gang”....
The Power of Intense FragilityBill Hogan November 15, 2016* Title attributed to E. E. Cummings The other evening I attended a musical program at Wheeling Jesuit University. Looking...
