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September 21, 2021 8:24 pm Published by paulmarktag 1 Comment

Into year two, the coronavirus continues its uninvited debut. We’d thought this ballyhoo would long since be through. Glasses held... View Article

October 10, 2020 10:30 pm Published by paulmarktag 4 Comments

I met Becky in early 1983. I was thirty-seven years old at the time, and my parents were convinced... View Article

May 31, 2020 9:39 pm Published by paulmarktag 22 Comments

We remember things differently, you and I. What stands out to one person from the distant past means nothing to... View Article

May 19, 2019 10:58 pm Published by paulmarktag 9 Comments

Every year when Veteran’s Day rolls around, I think of my Uncle Gus Kern, who died in World War II.... View Article

February 3, 2018 10:45 pm Published by paulmarktag 2 Comments

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania January 15, 2018 The sight gave Max pause: two men in black clothing plodding toward him in a... View Article

November 9, 2017 3:09 pm Published by paulmarktag 2 Comments

As the midnight intrusion of cockroaches meandered across the kitchen floor, Tammy froze in fear and then screamed in horror... View Article

October 6, 2017 10:17 pm Published by paulmarktag Leave your thoughts

Until ’79, naming hurricanes as women was SOP, with names such as Camille, Carol, Betsy, and Connie. Hell... View Article

September 18, 2017 11:30 pm Published by paulmarktag 3 Comments

By the time I started college at Penn State in the early 60’s, the Viet Nam war was looming.... View Article

August 25, 2017 3:06 pm Published by paulmarktag 1 Comment

We take our sun for granted, the moon perhaps more so, forgetting that these heavenly bodies, so much to... View Article

July 11, 2017 4:16 pm Published by paulmarktag 5 Comments

Oh how we miss you, you Paris Accord! By considering himself lord, as his confidence soared, our President struck... View Article