From 1825 until 1835, John Brown was a resident of northwestern Pennsylvania. Crawford County marked one in a series of ultimately unsuccessful ventures that turned Brown into a frequent traveler. It’s clear though that one thing that did remain with him regardless of where he went ...
If there’s anything I’ve learned as a result of writing these stories for the last, now, several years, it’s that you never know what’s going to come next. In a literal sense, sure, I don’t know what will grace this page in a month or two but that’s not what I mean. Let me ...
You could say author and bird photographer Marc Parnell travels light. And he prefers it that way. “I am a minimalist when it comes to gear, only taking a Panasonic FZ80 (a bridge camera with 60x optical zoom) with a separate telephoto lens. This camera has acceptable image ...
Sunday, March 7 is Charter Day. Now, I suspect I’m not the only one that didn’t really have any idea what Charter Day was. But Sunday marks the 340th birthday of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. “Pennsylvania was created when England’s King Charles II granted a charter to ...
By all accounts, Helen Walker was living a typical early 20th century life. She was born in 1907, married a World War I veteran 11 years her senior and there’s no record of anything particularly remarkable about the first 30 years of her life. That all changed in the 1930s when she ...
For some musicians, performing in a cover band may be a side gig to their regular job. It’s a chance for them to explore their creativity and maybe have fun while exploring. Some cover bands reach regional success while other cover bands just enjoy the experience of playing songs by other ...
