by admin | Nov 18, 2010 | News
“I’ve got something called a ‘Factor 2’ genetic mutation,” my cousin said, “and I think you ought to get yourself tested.” This, on the heels of telling me he was convalescing from a massive pulmonary embolism. The news was a...
by admin | Nov 11, 2010 | News
“Mattie-boy,” my friend David whispered, “someone’s stealing your loader!” It was just after six on a cold November morning. The house was as dark as the moonless, mud-torn yard. The Ladies were asleep; thus the whispering. I was asleep,...
by admin | Nov 4, 2010 | News
“Here’s an interesting one,” Shana said, reading aloud from the classifieds. “Absolute Bankruptcy Auction. West Shore Oil Co. liquidation.” “West Shore Oil?” I said. “As in, the place that delivers our fuel?”...
by admin | Oct 28, 2010 | News
“Yup,” my friend said, “you’re definitely old.” I’d just delivered a scathing review of a new social networking product he’d asked me to look at. “Why would I write down everything that happened in my day and then...
by admin | Oct 21, 2010 | News
Everybody loves a good rescue. The world celebrated with Chile last week as all thirty-three of the miners who were trapped thousands of feet underground by a cave-in on August 5th were whisked to the surface, one by one, in a custom-made capsule appropriately...
by admin | Oct 14, 2010 | News
As a driver who crosses Sterretts Gap with some frequency, I can tell you that the intersection of Sunnyside Drive and SR-34 is no picnic. It’s often evening as the Olshans are climbing Sunnyside Drive up the southern face of Blue Mountain. The Cumberland Valley...