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Mary Schenley’s Irish Catholic Family
Here is a photo of the carousel at Schenley Plaza. Schenley Plaza, Schenley Park, and all of the other Schenley stuff in Pittsburgh is named after Mary Schenley. Mrs. Schenley donated a large…
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This is Presque Isle
I was nine the first time that I saw a great lake. Lake Erie. We went to Presque Isle State Park in Erie, Pennsylvania. I pretended it was the ocean because I had…
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Tunnelview Historic Site
Jonathan wanted to see how much water the Army Corps of Engineers let out of the gates at the Conemaugh Dam after this past week’s storms. That’s why today’s adventure took us and…
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For the Cabin’s Logbook
“This place has no WiFi and its boring.” “There’s nothing to do here. We can’t get WiFi.” “This cabin doesn’t have WiFi.” “PLEASE GET WIFI!” Last October my in-laws rented two cabins at…
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What I Didn’t Say About the Blizzard
My sister K. followed Rip Van Winkle. She moved from our hometown in the Allegheny Mountains to a camp in the Catskill Mountains. She stayed there for two years. On Valentine’s Day 2003…
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The Mountains in My Backyard
“He’s wearing my jeans!” A woman walked up to me at the register of the menswear store where I worked and pointed to the man with her. We were right off of the…
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Write A House
So I found this website for Write A House – a writing contest where the winner gets a free house. In Detroit. And I thought – we could do this in New Kensington!…
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Pittsburgh Moment
Inspired by the Pittsburgh Steelers’ success today in making the playoffs: The first time that I ever rode a plane, I left Pittsburgh for a week and returned that Halloween. Before then, I had…
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In My Next Life
Today I saw my future. I will ride this mini train that now sits in front of me, under our Christmas tree. I see no passenger cars on this Pennsylvania Railroad track. So…
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What Really Happens on Christmas Morning
A few years ago, in the very, very early part of Christmas morning, Jonathan and I woke up to the sound of breaking glass. “SMASH!” Well, nobody wants to wake up to the…