Although I was wearing my Paul McCartney T-shirt — a bold move, I admit, for a guy my age, but, hey, wasn’t the whole purpose of the night a half-century trip back in time? — I found myself missing my Yellow Submarine tie the minute The Taxmen, a band of youngsters playing nothing but Beatle… Read more
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 … Read more
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… Read more
Judy Greenwald asked if I’d pick up the pizza and she didn’t have to ask twice. I’d been on the job since 10 a.m. Sunday and while it was gett… Read more
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 o… Read more
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 shif… Read more
We had two questions on our minds as we waited in the drizzle in the parking lot of Kiesinger Funeral Home for the start of Avoca’s Sesquicent… Read more
Eleanor Roosevelt, first lady when her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Ryan Evans, U.S. Navy veteran and a former student of … Read more
Classes started last week at the college and I wound up being stopped for road paving several times each day on my drive to campus. On day two… Read more
No, that’s not a typo in the headline up there. It’s a reference to Jim “The Worm” Manganiello, just one of the nicknames I’ve been told I lef… Read more
I didn’t insure my first car. It was a 1965 Buick Special I bought “as is” for 600 bucks from Roy Stauffer Chevrolet. Car insurance wasn’t man… Read more
Where do I begin to talk about Bob Barbieri? Read more
Classes start Monday at the community college and I’m a little concerned. I have yet to have my traditional back-to-school nightmare.It’s alwa… Read more
In the mid-90s, I was 45 years old, newly divorced and trying to figure out who I was. My kids, 12 and 9, had moved off to New Jersey to begin… Read more
When my Feature Writing class begins at the college about a week from now, I’ll tell my students that journalists don’t “create” stories the w… Read more
When it comes to asking for donations, Stan Rovinski has what my late friend Dick Cosgrove called “more nerve than an aching tooth.” Read more
