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On my request, our regular golf foursome ventured north of Lebanon PA to play Pine Meadows. I had played this course with different friends the past summer and enjoyed the course. That day last year, had been in the middle of the summer, warm and sunny, absolutely a beautiful day. This day, unfortunately, was overcast,Continue reading “Across the Swattie”

What is written here is in no way, shape or form, an endorsement or approval of the type of behavior documented. It was a different time. The Village was, and remains in a diminished respect, a downtown Lancaster nightclub. At the time of this narrative, open, I believe 5 nights a week with some ofContinue reading “Misspent nights at the Village”

Alicia entered my life as a precocious 4 year old when her mother and I started dating, subsequently living together and marrying. She has become a shining light in my life. If someone had the opportunity and good fortune to choose a daughter, they could not chosen a finer human being. It is a tributeContinue reading “Alicia”

In February of 2004 I lost my closest friend, Denny Weidman. It was not totally unexpected, he had been in emotional and physical decline for a while. Still, this man, once the best athlete in Lancaster County, a great basketball and baseball player, drafted by the White Sox, slipped from this earth quietly and alone.Continue reading “Lost friend”

One Friday evening, Linda and I were at John J. Jeffries for dinner, seated at the bar as usual. It was a pretty busy night but we had empty seats on both sides. A couple came in and we offered to slide down in order for them to sit together. Pleasantries were exchanged and itContinue reading “Found Friends”

I had just accepted a job as Sous Chef at Donecker’s of Ephrata, a high class French restaurant. This followed a summer of working two bartending jobs, weekends on the line at Donecker’s, and attempting a sales gig – all simultaneously. With time before my start date, we decided to go to Ocean City, MDContinue reading “Body Surfing”

With apologies to The Big Lebowski and an appearance by Steve Earle After my mother Claire passed during the winter, my wife and I kept her ashes in our bedroom closet. Believe me, many people may have thought this rather morbid, but honestly we never gave it a thought. After a year, though, we knewContinue reading “Claire’s Ashes”