“I’ve always wanted to take a long train trip.” Local travel-writer Joseph W. Smith III hears this wistful wish about once a week—especially from folks who’ve seen one of his social-media posts about riding Amtrak through the Southwest, the Rockies or the Appalachian wilds. But long-distance rail-travel is not easy from Central PA, where our
Your name is Traveler. It’s possible no one has ever called you by that name. It’s possible you’ve never identified yourself by that name. It makes no difference. It is your name. It’s always been your name. It is my name, too. By the way, this is the second article in the series called Two
Life is built on choices. In his poem, The Road Not Taken, Robert Frost reflects on the wonder and mystery of the choices we make, and the direction life takes. In case you’re not familiar with it, here it is in its entirety: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not
Even though returning to school is on the horizon and the end of summer is calling, the days are still humid and hot. And we are probably looking at a warm and sticky fall. In years past, you may have been preparing to pack up your linen items by late August, but linen is no
OK, so I first have to start right out by making a correction on last week’s column. By the time I caught it, it was already off to print. Most of you know I wrote about my son last week because we had just celebrated his birthday. I talked about how many Legos he has
It’s a mess. And now it’s all yours to clear up. Over time, too many hands tweaked this thing, dropped the ball, subtracted important aspects, added pet projects and then they dumped it in your lap to fix. You get to untangle the knots. You must replace unneeded with helpful and reclaim a reputation. It
Look out, Lou Ferrigno, aka, the Incredible Hulk. Williamsport has its own Incredible Hulk, and his name is Tom Cillo. I, like most everyone in the Williamsport area, have known Tom for decades for a multitude of things, including his outstanding representation of “Raider Nation” to his willingness to eat a poinsettia (he claims they’re
It was like squashing a cockroach, they said. Put your toe down in one spot, rotate your hips and your ankle, shimmy them shoulders, and snap your fingers to the beat. That’s how you kill a bug, and it’s how you do The Twist — but beware. In the new book “Shake It Up, Baby”
Hot, hazy, and humid weather can do a number on your hair. Frizz happens when the cuticle of the hair lifts up. This is the hair strand’s outer layer, like scales on a fish that lap over each other. If your cuticles are undamaged, your hair will be shiny and frizz-free. Of course, hair can
Last week, our son Tyler turned fifteen. You sit and ponder and wonder where in the world all those years went. To think that in one more year, he will be old enough to drive is just crazy to me. It feels like yesterday, I was fifteen. Now, I have a son almost old enough
