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A coronation yawn
I keep waiting for someone I know, many of whom know I have ties to the UK, to ask whether I am getting up early next week to watch King Charles’ coronation. As we say in Welsh, dim diolch. That means no, thank you. It’s true I have been known to get up early for Continue reading
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A forgotten cereal
Listening to old time radio shows you come up against old-timey brands that came and went long before you were on the scene. Sal Hepatica, Fletcher’s Castoria, Lux, to name just a few. This week I came across another long-gone brand, Pep Cereal. Pep sponsored “The Adventures of Superman,” which ran on the Mutual Broadcasting Continue reading
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A memorial to a fallen hero
I was looking through some filings with the Pennsylvania Legislature yesterday when I came upon a resolution that took me back. It was a request for cosponsors for a resolution to rename a bridge on Syberton Road in Gallitzin Township, Pennsylvania, for Private Martin J. Hanlon. Hanlon was a 1968 graduate of Cresson High School Continue reading
About Me
Journalist and writer. Loves writing, storytelling, books, typewriters. Always trying to find my line. Oh, and here’s where I am now.
Nows and Forevers 