Coffee, please, black
National Coffee Day, which came and went on Sept. 29 without me knowing it, brought to mind a column I wrote I guess five years ago.It went like this:I looked at the iced coffee before me on the little table… Continue Reading
The golden age of photographers
Man, the death of Frank Kashuda brought back memories.Frank, who grew up in Greater Pittston and was a U.S. Army vet, died Sept. 25 in Florida where he resided with his daughter.More than 40 years ago Frank was part of… Continue Reading
Harry and I
The front-page article in today’s Citizens Voice about the weekend Harry Potter fest at Boozy B’s alcohol-infused ice cream shop in Wilkes-Barre got me thinking about my own relationship with Harry Potter.It started with my daughter-in-law’s relationship with Harry. She… Continue Reading
Pumpkined out
I’m not a fan of pumpkin flavored beers.A bold statement, I know.Would I make it if more people read this blog? Perhaps not. The smaller my audience, the bolder I become, I suppose.Blasphemy! I can hear some shout. And several… Continue Reading
In the pink
From pink badges on Pittston police officers to pink Citizens Voice newspaper racks to men running in pink high heels in the Gentleman’s Dash today at noon on Main Street, Pittston City is surely feeling “in the pink” these days.But… Continue Reading
The flip side of rights
Whenever I hear we Americans screaming about our rights, I cannot help but think of what Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn had to say about such rights.The Soviet dissident who won the Nobel Prize in Literature after the publication of “The Gulag Archipelago”… Continue Reading
Thirty-five
Now that I’m thinking about it, what I asked of my boss in the fall of 1968 was irresponsible. Sure, I was still a kid, all of 18. But that’s no excuse.I had been hired the year before, at only… Continue Reading
Front row seat
My friend and I had a front row seat for one of the problems plaguing America today.He lives in Maryland and, given the pandemic, had not been back home to Wyoming Valley in more than two years. We had not… Continue Reading
The Phillies. You know, the baseball team?
I’d heard John, my new teaching colleague, was into baseball and I pegged him to be a Phillies fan.I don’t even know John’s last name. Turns out I don’t know his face either.I called to him one morning last week.… Continue Reading
EZ Pickins
At first I was against EZ Pass. I saw it as just a way to eliminate jobs. And while I couldn’t imagine the boredom of working the 11 to 7 shift in a turnpike booth, and could never see myself… Continue Reading