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Month: September 2015

Ahh, books

September 30, 2015Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

I’m heading to the college today with a stack of books under my arm and a big smile on my face. I love turning my students on to books. In any given Intro to Mass Communications class you’ll find students… Continue Reading →

Books, Illusions, Love is a Mix Tape, Perks of Being a Wallflower, Richard Bach, The Alchemist, The Art of Racing in the Rain, The Five People You Meet in Heaven

I’m 65, I tuck

September 25, 2015Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

It’s 5 o’clock Friday morning and I am wrestling with a big decision. Been wrestling with it for a week, actually, ever since one of my students at the college suggested we make today Tropical Shirt Day. Sure, I said.… Continue Reading →

Robert De Niro, The Intern, Tropical shirts, Tucking in a shirt

Yogi

September 23, 2015Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

Now it’s over. Yogi Berra died yesterday. When he turned turned 90 last spring, I wrote most of what follows. Seems appropriate to share it once again. I was never much of a Yankees fan but always a Yogi fan.… Continue Reading →

Yogi Berra

President and accounted for

September 18, 2015Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

Just when I thought the only thing by brother was interested in was making money and driving cool vehicles, he texts me during the GOP presidential debates Wednesday night with a picture of him and his daughter Masha at the… Continue Reading →

Bill Ackerman, GOP debates, Presidential libraries, Rick Santorum, Ronald Reagan

Who should be on the wall?

September 16, 2015Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

As artist Michael Pilato completes his work on the Inspiration Mural in downtown Pittston, the debate continues on the topic of who should be included in the spectacular 5-story masterpiece. To me, those who belong on that wall fall into… Continue Reading →

Inspiration Mural, Michael Pilato, Pittston City, Pittston mural

Another summer of ‘Angels’

September 11, 2015Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

“Away from her, you loved her more,” Joshua Chamberlain reflects in the quiet nighttime hours after a hard day of battle with still another looming the next. “He remembered her letters,” author Michael Shaara writes of Chamberlain, who we find… Continue Reading →

Not bananas

September 9, 2015Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

I could never figure out how any sane person, knowing what we now know about cancer, could continue smoking. Until they told us about the sun. As a lifelong sun worshiper, it was remarkably easy to put my head in… Continue Reading →

Bananas, Six-pack abs, Weight loss

Wall of love

September 4, 2015Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

If I were given to cliches I might call it a labor of love. Instead, I’ll call it simply love. I’m talking about the new downtown Pittston mural which will be dedicated Saturday night. More specifically, I am talking about… Continue Reading →

Gloria Blandina, Inspirational mural, Michael Pilato, Pittston mural

The antidote

September 2, 2015Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

Summer’s gone, ain’t comin’ back although the weather’s been hot. Thank God there’s sports to see me through or I’d be so distraught. The speed with which a summer flies could leave me oh so low. ‘cept the U.S. Open… Continue Reading →

College football, NFL, Summer's end, U.S. Open tennis

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Ed Ackerman Ed Ackerman, a consulting editor and columnist for the Greater Pittston Progress, has served the people of Greater Pittston for 48 years, starting in the newspaper field at age 17. The Pittston resident will share his thoughts in this blog and in a weekly column published in the Progress. greaterpittstonprogress.com

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