Eight Days to Amish

No Paychecks . . . No Prospects . . . Always How one writer struggles to elevate from the hammock, overcome his God-given laziness and earn a living in a cruel world that insists he work. (The title of this blog is in no way aspirational or should be considered an endorsement of the Amish lifestyle)

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Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Today it's Matt Lauer; When will a man ever accuse a female boss of sexual harassment? When pigs fly?

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(625 words) Our daughter, 17, asked me a current events question I’ve yet to hear posed by any of the deep thinkers paid big bucks t...

Thursday, February 23, 2017

Trump-lovin' Tin Lizzy in news again

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(795 words) The avalanche of world-wide media declaring the Tin Lizzy is a bastion of rabid Trump supporters is clearly fake news. ...

Monday, January 18, 2016

An old paperboy delivers his newspaper lament

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(645 words) A younger friend recently asked where my wife and I met. I told him we were working at the local newspaper. And for the ...

Monday, January 11, 2016

Hats in heaven; another goodbye to another good friend

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(572 words) I never thought of wearing a hat in heaven until I saw my buddy Ed wearing his Sunday in his coffin. It said “Pittsbur...

Friday, November 2, 2012

Sandy, our meteorological stimulus package

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(808 words) The pictures of the devastation fail most at conveying the swooning stink. That’s what I remember about being at ground z...

Monday, October 15, 2012

Weddings, friendship & a pooka named Paul

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(862 words) We spent a good deal of the Saturday wedding reception lamenting there’s only one Peirce sister left to wed. Three down...

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