My Daily Travels

It has been eleven years since his last visit to Pittsburgh, so it's a delight to see the 40-foot tall yellow ducky floating down the Allegheny, Ohio, and Monongahela Rivers to the Point State Park in Pittsburgh once again. This time he will be here for a three-week visit.... Sign in to see full entry.

Pennsylvania's elevated mushroom growth started more than a century ago when the Quakers decided to grow mushrooms in the unused space under the elevated beds in their greenhouses. Today, Pennsylvania produces 68 percent of the nation's 946 million pounds of mushrooms with almost 400 million pounds... Sign in to see full entry.

John has lately been on an Italian kick. So, I prepared my Sunday sauce and it is now simmering away. I make a robust spaghetti sauce packed with minced garlic, diced onion, garden tomatoes, rosemary, thyme, parsley, and oregano from our collection of fresh herbs. Photo Credit: Sherri Granato Sign in to see full entry.

It's a hot and humid 88 degrees here in Pittsburgh today, so the day's flavor profile is a chilled Italian antipasto, normally served as an appetizer but with the addition of some cheesy garlic bread, I am making it our dinner. I make my antipasto with a plethora of flavorful ingredients. Genoa... Sign in to see full entry.

Not long after John and I moved to the borough of Elizabeth in 2014, I began hearing about the many haunted businesses and ghost stories about the old cemetery. So, I had one-on-one interviews with several locals and later turned their reports into an ebook. The most controversial legend was derived... Sign in to see full entry.

I spotted them out in the yard through the kitchen window. I couldn't get the bag of marshmallows opened up fast enough. Lately, they have been coming to the porch and peeking at us through the storm door, waiting for their treats. Surprisingly, they are gentle and will take food right out of our... Sign in to see full entry.

Not on the list of town names that will make you blush are Pleasureville, Bangor, Lycippus, and Hooker, Pennsylvania. https://keystonenewsroom.com/2023/02/13/8-pennsylvania-town-names-that-will-make-you-blush-copy/ Sign in to see full entry.

It's that time of year once again for the sunflowers to bid us farewell until next year. A few are still hanging around, but most of them have lost the fight to the cool days and even chillier nights that the hurricane's remnants brought to the Pittsburgh area this week. Sign in to see full entry.

It's John's Friday per his work schedule at the steel mill. Once he gets home, we usually watch a few episodes of our latest favorite series before deciding what else we want to do. Right now we are caught up in Fire Country which airs on Netflix. The drama series features a young convict, creator... Sign in to see full entry.

Luck was in our favor yesterday, and thankfully so. There was a high chance of rain predicted throughout the day via the Pittsburgh weatherman's mouth to my ears. Regardless of the grim news, we threw our son-in-law an outdoor 40th birthday party, and luck be with us, the rain behaved until after... Sign in to see full entry.