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Baseball, it really is a field of dreams
The feel-good story of last week in baseball was Drew Maggi’s MLB debut after 13 years in the minors. Maggi, who is 33 years old, had languished in the lower echelons of baseball until a surprise callup by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Took a few games, but Maggi had his first MLB at bat as a… 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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Why Bottle Caps are the best
I am not a huge fan of candy, but there are two that I have trouble resisting, and they are both round: Necco Wafers and Bottle Caps. I will have to write about Necco wafers. The old-timey candy just takes me back to growing up and visiting my grandparents’ house in Massachusetts, where they would… Continue reading
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Journalist and writer. Loves writing, storytelling, books, typewriters. Always trying to find my line. Oh, and here’s where I am now.
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