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Month: March 2020

Working from home

March 27, 2020Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

My only experience with someone working from home, prior to the past week, of course, is with my daughter. When she moved from Los Angeles to Austin, Texas, about four years ago, the company she worked for told her there… Continue Reading →

Well, it is interesting

March 25, 2020Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

Some call it a “Chinese blessing.” Others say that is only because you’ve missed the irony. They claim it is a “Chinese curse.” It dates back to the 1930s and it goes like this: “May you live in interesting times.”… Continue Reading →

A little baseball fix

March 20, 2020Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

I knew as I picked up the remote early Wednesday morning the last thing I needed to see was the news. What frightening turns the coronavirus had taken during the night would find me soon enough, but as I anticipated… Continue Reading →

All equal

March 18, 2020Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

They call death “The Great Equalizer,” but so too can be an emergency. There’s not much difference between driving a Maserati and driving a Ford Focus when there’s nowhere to go. Not much difference between dining regularly at the Westmoreland… Continue Reading →

Now what?

March 13, 2020Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

As I ponder what this “new normal” in America is going to look like, not to mention when it will settle in, the only word to describe my feelings right now is “abnormal.” I should be at the college right… Continue Reading →

Green beer

March 11, 2020Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

Forget food coloring. We made our beer green by dumping a shot of lime vodka in it. The lime vodka – I believe it was Jacquin’s – at our local bar in those days was green. Today’s flavored vodkas –… Continue Reading →

Blarney, at its best

March 4, 2020Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

Welcome to St. Patrick’s month in Northeastern Pennsylvania. With the Irish pub crawl, complete with bagpipers, behind us, the Pittston St. Patrick’s Day parade a couple of days from now, two more gala parades coming up, and St. Patrick’s Day,… Continue Reading →

The ‘Rite’ Word

March 4, 2020Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

It might seem a little thing but I am quite impressed that my Rite Aid pharmacy in Pittston knows the proper use of the word “ensure.” A sign near the pharmaceutical pick-up desk reads: Please Wait Here To Ensure Privacy… 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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