Archive for May 2021

April Visitors In My Backyard

April usually  brings the return of the first  migratory birds, and bears.  to my backyard here in Hazle Township Luzerne County. This past year about 20 acres of land adjoining my property were clear cut. It broke my heart to see this woodlands disappear. And I think it may have affected the bears that have…

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Finally, I Got To See The World Famous Horseshoe Curve.

I first read about the Horseshoe Curve, located   near  Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, in  one of  those factoid  features in a newspaper when I was in grade school. I was curious about it then, and pretty much everything else , and told myself I would visit it someday. Well a half century later I finally…

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An Afternoon Walk In The Steel City

I arrived in Pittsburgh mid-afternoon last  Saturday. It was only my third visit to the Steel City. I was there  to celebrate my niece Cassidy’s graduation from Duquesne Law School. I am so proud of her. While in the city, I was staying at the historic Omni William Penn Hotel on Grant Street. After quickly …

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A Morning Hike Along The Allegheny River.

I was up early again on my  last day in Pittsburgh. I was in the Steel City for my niece Cassidy’s graduation from law school. I wanted to get in one more walk before I left and decided to hike on the trail along the Allegheny River. I left the Omni William Penn Hotel around…

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The Lush, Green Splendor Of Spring At The Susquehanna Wetlands

I returned last  Sunday morning,   to the Susquehanna Wetlands in Salem Township, Luzerne. I usually hike  there at least once every weekend.  The previous weekend I was  in Pittsburgh. So,   two weeks passed since my last visit.  And what a difference those two weeks made.   The wetlands had transformed to a lush, green almost magical…

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