Pennsylvania
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Things don’t ever change
It’s horrible when a mass shooting occurs, anywhere in the United States, which is where it happens so frequently. It’s even more tragic when it happens in a place you know well.That’s happened to me three times in a little more than a decade: Newtown, Connecticut, near where I grew up; Pittsburgh, where I’ve lived;… 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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From barns to buildings
One of the features of driving through Appalachia is seeing the remnants of the extreme branding reach of Mail Pouch Tobacco. Drive highways and byways of Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio and it won’t take long to see a barn or two (or four) emblazoned with Mail Pouch Tobacco on the side. Some are more… 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 