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Month: September 2016

This explains everything

September 30, 2016Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

Rachael was into the Zodiac. I mean, really into the Zodiac. I did not know this until she approached me about a month into a fall semester more than 15 years ago and asked me what is my sign. “Scorpio,”… Continue Reading →

Libra, New Zodiac, Ophiuchus, Zodiac

The day Mikey was born

September 27, 2016Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

I am writing this on Tuesday, Sept. 27, the day Mikey was born. Thirty years ago on this day, my son Michael and the story I made up for my daughter about his birth came into being. I’ve re-told her… Continue Reading →

birthdays, Michael F. Ackerman

Bingo this

September 23, 2016Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

You just never know where a conversation will go. This one started with First Baptist Church and wound up with an uncomfortable reminder of my gene pool. Across the table Wednesday evening at the Tomato Bar, Ron Faraday, energetic president… Continue Reading →

Bingo, Pittston, Water Street

Coco’s first ice cream

September 21, 2016Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

Alicia was just a tyke when I started dating her Aunt Mary Kay. She became the first family member to meet me when we went out for a burger one Sunday afternoon. When she got home, her mom, Mary Kay’s… Continue Reading →

ice cream, Manning's ice cream

On love and marriage

September 16, 2016Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

My niece has honored me by asking if I’d do a reading at her wedding tomorrow. Then she doubled the honor by selecting 1 Corinthians 13. No more beautiful or more accurate words on love than those of St. Paul… Continue Reading →

Love and marriage

Another 9/11 memory

September 14, 2016Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

I did not attempt to write my own 9/11 memory on Sunday, the 15th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center. But even if I had, it would not have been my memory but my brother’s. My brother… Continue Reading →

9/11

Find the Felittese

September 9, 2016Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

Tucked away just off Main Street in Old Forge, the annual Festival of the Felittese is not easy to find. But, oh, so worth it. The 29th festival opens tonight, Sept. 9, and continues through Sunday at the Felittese fairgrounds,… Continue Reading →

Felittese Festival

The Gospels in five words

September 6, 2016Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

About 20 years ago … no, wait, more like 30 years ago, a friend gave me a cassette tape of a Christian preacher. I had about a 45 minute commute to work then so I had plenty of time to… Continue Reading →

Mother Teresa, St. Teresa of Calcutta

Working for a living

September 2, 2016Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

Be a laborer, great or small, do it well, or not at all My friend and former colleague Sarellen (yes, they made up names 70 years ago too) McAndrew taught me that little ditty when we worked together in the… Continue Reading →

Labor Day

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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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