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Making These Was A Hoot
I used to piece together quilts on my mom’s sewing machine. My sewing skills haven’t advanced much beyond this stage. However, I have boxes and bags full of half-used craft supplies and even…
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Overview: 2013 WPF In Your Write Mind Workshop at Seton Hill University
I attended the In Your Write Mind Workshop sponsored by Writing Popular Fiction Alumni at Seton Hill University in Greensburg, PA, held June 27-30, 2013. This is my perspective as an outsider both to Seton…
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Seven Score and Ten Years Ago . . .
Next week marks the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. By the end of June 1863 most of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia was in Pennsylvania, and the battle was fought…
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Not-So-Silent Spring
There are many different ways to spend the weekend of Father’s Day. Jonathan and I spent today at a birthday picnic for my sister Liz at my parents’ house. Other families attend Fly-In…
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Dravo Cemetery on the Yough River Trail
Several miles into our bicycle ride last weekend, my back started to hurt. I told Jonathan that I was going to stop for break. He said, “Dravo Cemetery’s ahead. Only two more…
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Spring Comes to the Ruins
Last autumn, I posted a photo of this mill along Dunbar Creek in Fayette County. Here is the same mill as it appeared two weekends ago. During our previous visit, I stood…
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Salem on My Mind
My sister-in-law Sarah recently blogged the following about her summer trip to New England: Later that afternoon, we went to Salem so that I could get my witch hunt/The Crucible fix. Maybe I had…
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“The Past is a Foreign Country”
“The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.” – L. P. Hartley. Yesterday Jonathan and I drove around Fayette County to leaf-peep. Our scenic route to Ohiopyle State Park took us…
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National Road
This is Searights Tollhouse, on U.S. Route 40 in Fayette County, PA. Long before we had EZ Pass, travelers would stop at buildings such as this to pay their fares. This section of…
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Happy to Haunt
If I were a ghost, I might be tempted to haunt Hartwood Acres Park. After I found the pet cemetary that sits right behind the old mansion, I realized that the original owners…