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)

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

It's my new car! Yeah right ...

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(668 words) My family is disappointed I’m not more excited about having purchased what they’re misleadingly calling my “new” car. ...
Thursday, July 11, 2019

Rogers book excerpts & my vehicular homage to "Tallahassee"

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“ They were helicopter parents years before most Americans had ever even seen a helicopter. That’s what most parenting “experts” would...
Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Bad golf & stories of our lost virginity

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(792 words) The much anticipated round of golf at Olde Stonewall, one of Pennsylvania’s finest golf courses, hadn’t gone as we’d hop...
Saturday, June 29, 2019

Tweets of the Month ... a day early!

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Big graduation party tomorrow, so I’m moving up the traditional month-ending 8Days2Amish tweet round-up by one day. Heartfelt apologi...
Thursday, June 20, 2019

Wrecked my car, ripped my shirt; life lessons from a colossally bad day

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(875 words) The caller had heard what had happened and broke right in with urgent questions: Was anybody hurt? Were ambulances summ...
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I'm the Latrobe, Pa., based author of "The Last Baby Boomer: The Story of the Ultimate Ghoul Pool," "Use All The Crayons! The Colorful Guide to Simple Human Happiness," and popular books about two Latrobe neighbors (Fred Rogers & Arnold Palmer). I'll write for anybody who'll pay me. I am a PROSEtitute
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