in memorium
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An epic life
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/04/25/harry-belafonte-dies-appreciation-haygood/ We lost a giant this week: Harry Belafonte. I grew up in the ’70s and ’80s and knew Belafonte not as a singer or an actor but as a civil rights activist and a force for good. (I thank my mom for telling me about him.) But even I, knowing some of the story, 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
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RIP, Richard Belzer
The actor and comedian Richard Belzer, famous for “Homicide” and “Law & Order: SVU,” has died. I didn’t know him well, but we ran into each other at parties back in NYC when I worked at The Hollywood Reporter more than a decade ago. It got to the point where I would see him regularly 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 