My Daily Travels

A Pittsburgh Central Catholic graduate and fellow teammates made history for Team USA. Michael Grady, second from left, and rowing teammates Liam Corrigan, Justin Best, and Nick Mead took first place, winning the Gold Medal in the men’s four final events at the Paris Olympics. It’s the first time... Sign in to see full entry.

This guy is watching my yard from the bridge so he can select what his next meal will be for the day. I always know when the predatory red-tailed hawk is nearby because my woodland creatures go into hiding and there is an unsettling sound of silence. We don't wish him any harm, but when I see him... Sign in to see full entry.

I guess he loves tomatoes just as much as John and I do. This morning I caught the little rascal in the tomato plants having a field day. From the evidence I found this morning, he seems to enjoy the cherry tomatoes. Luckily, I managed to run him off before he did any real damage. Photo Credit:... Sign in to see full entry.

August is "National Sandwich" month. The definition of a sandwich is “two or more slices of bread or a split roll having a filling in between,” according to Merriam-Webster. The first recorded use of the word “sandwich” was in 1762, when Edward Gibbon wrote in his diary that he had eaten “a sort of... Sign in to see full entry.

Just a few weeks ago, the one-hundred-year-old dam on the Monongahela River near my home in Elizabeth Borough was blasted and removed, severely dropping the water levels of the river and exposing treasures along the shorelines for miles. Beachcombing is fun and it can be lucrative if you take the... Sign in to see full entry.

I have enjoyed seafood since I was old enough to eat it, which would have been around my first birthday. I lived in Delaware at that time, and fishing and baiting the crab cages down at Port Mahon was all a part of my family's weekend rituals. To this day, I still try to have some sort of seafood on... Sign in to see full entry.

I currently have a revolving library of approximately 350 books. By revolving I mean that I get new titles the minute that I get rid of old ones that I have read. Being a prolific reader, I am always searching for romance novels from different eras. I have spent most of the day cataloging my books... Sign in to see full entry.

I dearly love my woodland creatures who visit my yard daily in search of a treat, but they can be so destructive at times. In the spring, John and I planted five sunflower plants from seed along the back section of our yard, but the squirrels and raccoons kept digging up the seeds. We continued to... Sign in to see full entry.

An extremely high water bill this month gave John and me reason to be thankful for the heavy downpour of rain that remained throughout much of the day yesterday. The heatwave earlier this month all but drained my supply of water from my rain barrel, forcing the need for city water from the garden... Sign in to see full entry.

As I have gotten older, I appreciate quiet time in order to think clearly, read, reflect, or just appreciate the peaceful calm that comes with silence. It is ironic that I value the quiet, yet I have chosen to live three blocks from the fire hall and next to train tracks with daily railroad activity... Sign in to see full entry.