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Month: April 2019

Another reason to be PA Proud

April 26, 2019Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

You have to laugh at the number of national “days” there are on the U.S. calendar. Unless you have to write a blog a couple of times a week. Then you rejoice. Especially when you wake up Friday morning, a… Continue Reading →

Little Easter Angel

April 24, 2019Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

Expecting a crowd, I made sure I got to St. John the Evangelist church early for Easter Mass. The church was already half filled. I slid into a pew and got on my knees and when I looked up, two… Continue Reading →

An Easter People

April 19, 2019Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

Father Paul McDonnell isn’t the only priest, or the only person for that matter, to proclaim Christians are “An Easter People.” But he always comes to mind when I hear or even think of this description. And with Easter two… Continue Reading →

How times have changed

April 17, 2019Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

“Oh, I could write a sonnet about your Easter bonnet, and of the girl I’m taking to the Easter Parade.” When I was little, this line from the Irving Berlin song “Easter Parade” threw me. I always thought the guy… Continue Reading →

‘Fore! Lame golf jokes coming

April 12, 2019Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

I spent Thursday afternoon watching The Masters on TV. Which always puzzles me. I don’t play golf, have never touched a club. But I love watching it on TV. When I do, I cannot help but think of all my… Continue Reading →

Golf Jokes

There’s nothing like a beer

April 10, 2019Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

“He was a wise man who invented beer.” – Plato, circa 400 B.C. “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” – Benjamin Franklin, circa 1780 “I am a firm believer in the people. If… Continue Reading →

Talking dog brings back memory

April 5, 2019Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

My late ex-father-in-law is on my mind this morning. A TV commercial with a talking dog made me think of him. Bob Sefchik passed away nearly 33 years ago, in September of 1986, just a few weeks before his grandson,… Continue Reading →

Ah, spring

April 3, 2019Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

Note: Despite a weather report that calls for light snow or a little wintry mix to start the day Friday, I believe it’s time I trot out this silly little rhyme I composed a few years ago. Feeling great Bet… Continue Reading →

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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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