Fischer’s Meat Market was one of those local places you could walk to for all of your groceries, preventing that area of York, PA from being a food desert—a term that wouldn’t surface for years and something we needn’t have worried about in the prosperous 1960s. The market had canned foods, veggies, and of courseContinue reading “York, PA Businesses (3)”
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York, PA Businesses (1)
Recently, when passing on the way to Greensburg, PA, what used to be an office supply store, then a medical equipment company, and now an abandoned business, I thought of a stationery store in my hometown of York, PA. From there I began to muse on the other businesses in the immediate environment where IContinue reading “York, PA Businesses (1)”
Follow the Signs for a Revelation
Trudging through frozen streets of barely plowed snow, I reached the door of my therapeutic massage place—and the sign inside the door says “we’re closed.” But it’s minutes away from my appointment time. I look through the glass; there are people in there. And still I’m confused. My Catholic school training has kicked in, makingContinue reading “Follow the Signs for a Revelation”
Misplaced Religious Fervor
As I write this, we’ve just passed the Easter weekend celebration. That makes this an ideal time to once again reference the document mentioned previously that includes the note: “GI Joes crucified.” I mentioned this blog to my cousin a few weeks ago, but I have no idea if he ever looks/looked at it. IContinue reading “Misplaced Religious Fervor”
Down On Your Knees…
The title of this post is a line from a Christmas carol. It’s also a suggestive line from Madonna’s “Like A Prayer.” But, foremost in my mind, it’s an imperative from Catholic grade school—and it found its way into the repertoire for nun methods of torture. Incidentally, one of our nuns in grade school usedContinue reading “Down On Your Knees…”
Swimming Fish, Catholic Popes
Have you ever performed on stage or given a speech? Recently, StoryZ, my new theatre/performance group, gave a Free Improv Workshop. For the 8 people registered, we scheduled 1.5 hours of a little bit of talking and a lot of doing. At one point, someone said, as if she was drowning, “Is this an advancedContinue reading “Swimming Fish, Catholic Popes”
Age. Learn. Repeat.
Is there an age or year of your life you would re-live? Today’s prompt asks, “Is there an age or year of your life you would re-live?” And of course, I have to reply, not by answering that, but by questioning the exact meaning of said prompt. On one hand it suggests that one wouldContinue reading “Age. Learn. Repeat.”
Tradition? Tradition!
What traditions have you not kept that your parents had? Traditions are very important to many people. Repeating rituals on an annual (give or take) basis, passing on those traditions to the children so that they are preserved by the family. Sometimes, when traditions drop away, people lament their passing as if a piece ofContinue reading “Tradition? Tradition!”
Your Name is Hypokrites!
What bothers you and why? “What bothers you and why?” suggests an incredibly long blog response. So many things! From that fly buzzing around me on a warm summer day (the one I mentioned to my Intro to Theatre students, that would set me off to help me understand the anger of a killer!!) toContinue reading “Your Name is Hypokrites!”
Sustainable?
Are there things you try to practice daily to live a more sustainable lifestyle? I was tempted to just throw this prompt away, but then decided that I really shouldn’t waste the opportunity. *Rimshot* On the first Earth Day, April 22, 1970, my Catholic grade school—which was being connected to the world and forward-seeing forContinue reading “Sustainable?”
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