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The Value of Good Layout Tools
I started making things out of wood around the time I moved into my first place, a house I was renting on the back side of Pittsburgh’s Mount Washington neighborhood. My parents gave…
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Snow Day
As we in western Pennsylvania move from the season we know as “Fake Spring” to the one known as “Mud,” the precursor to the four-day period known as “Real Spring,” we’re having what…
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Railfanning on the Norfolk Southern Pittsburgh Line, February 22, 2019
Hi Blog. So I guess this is mostly about the train watching trip I took with my Dad last week, but also a couple of other minor updates. Let’s hit the minor updates…
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“Removing Myself from the Narrative”
I just changed my Primary Care Physician (PCP). I have nothing against my former PCP. I only switched because the prior PCP’s office location made it really inconvenient for me to take off…
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Daughters of the Lake
I found a new beach read for people who like many of the same things that I do: the Great Lakes, ghost stories, Victorian mansions, mythology, romances, murder mysteries. Here’s the book that…
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New Photos
Hi, this is Jenny. I consider this blog as our way of letting friends and family know what’s going on with us. I try to have at least one of us – either…
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A New Home for Some Family Ornaments
A number of years ago (I just asked Jenny, and we were married already, possibly our first married Christmas, but I really don’t know), my Mom was in Sam’s Club buying her usual…
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To My Aunts and Uncles On the Gift Season
So I spent the past few weeks picking out books for my nephews and niece while trying to take my mind off of my mom’s cancer prognosis. Mom passed away at the end…
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Cross-Post: My New Ken Haunted History Walk
Here’s my newest post in my new blog, The Parnassus Pen: http://www.parnassuspen.com/2018/10/14/my-new-ken-haunted-history-walk/
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Ghostbusters
Here in the Pittsburgh area, several folks dress up their own automobiles for Halloween. They dress up their autos as Ecto-1, from the move Ghostbusters (1984). Here a photo that I took of…
