How Much Fun Can You Have in a Wax Museum?

Well, here. Let me show you ... Okay, that's the last of the vacation pictures! I promise! Next week I am excited to present 3 new First...

Just One Confident Step (Into Thin Air)

“The first thing we need you to do is take a large, confident step off the platform.” Say what? I was sitting there in my helmet and harness...

Highlights of Spring Break

I’m scheduling this post in advance, but I don’t need psychic powers to know that going back to work is a real let-down today after my famil...

Sometimes the Hero Doesn't Get the Girl

Before beginning my manuscript The Caged Graves last summer, I researched the history of Pennsylvania’s mountainous Columbia County in the 1...

The Ticking Tomb of Landenberg

Anthony Wayne might have had the weirdest burial(s) in Pennsylvania, but there’s another strange grave in southern Chester County, PA, about...

How Many Graves Does One Man Need?

No, this isn’t a weird version of Bob Dylan’s Blowin’ in the Wind. This is a true story about how we treat our heroes here in Pennsylvania!...

Hot Tubs and Other Signs of Spring

Well, it was a long time getting here, but my spring break starts today at 1:30pm. Thank heavens! It hasn’t looked a lot like spring in Pen...

Iron Chef vs. Chopped

Today, I bring you a guest post from Food Network Fan Extraordinaire – Gina Salerni, who will reveal to you the shocking secrets behind her ...

Why the Volcano?

It's parent-conference week at school, and I'm a little stressed ... So I'm going to cheat a little and revisit a blog post from...

Sorcia's Ears

Can I talk to you about dogs' ears? Strange topic, I know, but as a lifetime "cat person," I really never grasped the communic...

First Impressions #6

Our final selection for April’s First Impressions is from someone I know personally – Larry O’Donnell, who doesn’t have a blog of his own (...

First Impressions #5

Today’s First Impressions participant is Samantha Cheh from Malaysia, whom you can find at her blog Secret Doorways . Samantha’s story (a...

First Impressions #4

It may be April Fool’s Day ( and it's snowing -- just like it was 14 years ago when Gabbey sent me to the hospital ), but I’m quite ser...