by admin | Jan 28, 2010 | News
Lately, I’ve been revising a novel. What does that mean? It means facing down a huge gnarly manuscript that’s been sitting, unloved, in a corner of your office since the triumphant moment you cried, “Thank God, it’s done!”...
by admin | Jan 21, 2010 | News
Like many of you, I’ve been following the developments in the break-in and shooting at Shermans Dale Beer and Beverage. There’s something very upsetting about knowing the scene of a deadly crime first-hand. It’s a feeling I described in a column last...
by admin | Jan 14, 2010 | News
From the Associated Press, December 18, 2009: The cafeteria in Pennsylvania’s Capitol in Harrisburg remained closed and workers scoured the facility Friday after health inspectors found evidence of a rodent infestation… Mice are no strangers to us...
by admin | Jan 7, 2010 | News
There comes a time each year after the holidays when the parties have died down, the “to do” list has been beaten into temporary submission, and visiting friends and family have, at long last, piled into their cars and headed off into the sunset. The house...
by admin | Dec 31, 2009 | News
From the very beginning of our history, American attitudes towards the poor have been shaped by the Puritanical idea that poverty was a result of laziness or some other moral defect. People were not poor because they lacked opportunity. On the contrary, this was a...
by admin | Dec 24, 2009 | News
Last week, I wrote about the old County Home in Loysville, which was recently demolished. I was curious about the demise of such a proud building, so I went digging in my favorite histories of Perry County, Silas Wright’s (1873) and H.H. Hain’s (1922)....
