“Waiting for the World Series”
I’m hoping to live until 2075 or so. The Pittsburgh Pirates really need to try to win the World Series before that year.
Please.
Category: Family
“Unnerved”
So much anxiety in so little time.
“Zombie Boy with Remote Control”
The title says all you need to know.
“Appalachian Nights”
A few lines about my homeland.
A Big Day
We’re rolling.
After much trial and tribulation, I finally got my learner’s permit. Wish me luck!
My New Desk
No more writing at the dining room table for me (although I’m farther from the refrigerator now)!
This desk has basically consumed my last two days, but I’m very excited to have a rolltop desk for my writing and research endeavors. I had previously commandeered the dining room table for such work.
“Gumballs”: My Idea for a Children’s Book
Because we all want a quarter before leaving the store.
So, I’ve kicked around an idea about a children’s book for a few months, and I’m sure my inspiration was the surprising number of kids always so eager for a quarter whenever leaving a grocery store or restaurant because there is a gumball machine at the exit. I remember feeling that urge as a child myself, so maybe that’s universal?
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Reminds Me of Home
A photograph that always reminds me of home.
The Fayette Building in Uniontown, Pennsylvania is a wonderful example of the Beaux Arts architectural style. The building was designed by D.H. Burnham and constructed during the turn of the twentieth century.
2018 Summer League Playoffs
That one time we played LeBron “Bronny” James Jr. in the summer league playoffs.
The A.J. McMullen School summer league basketball team poses with Lebron James Jr. of Fayette’s Finest following a playoff game in August of 2018. We did have one representative from Turkeyfoot Valley Area School District (Ava Hair, standing to my right in the photograph). Little Alex and his snacks also wandered into the frame!
Reviewing My Camera Roll
I rediscovered a few photographs from yesteryear while sorting my camera roll.
PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from the Allegheny River
Grave marker in Addison, Pennsylvania
Countryside from the Salisbury Viaduct just outside Meyersdale, Pennsylvania
Inside the Somerset County Courthouse in Somerset, Pennsylvania.
My cousin showing her market hog at the Fayette County Fairgrounds
Confluence of Potomac and Shenadoah Rivers near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from PNC Park
Westmoreland County Courthouse in Greensburg, Pennsylvania
A street through a patch town in my grandfather’s railroad model
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from PNC Park.
Fireworks in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Connellsville, Pennsylvania
A trestle over the Youghiogheny River near Connellsville, Pennsylvania
The Fayette County Fairgrounds
Baltimore Street in Cumberland, Maryland
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from the Allgheny River
The Aaron’s Building in Connellsville, Pennsylvania before a recent restoration project.
A Visit to the Idea Factory 