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Posts by Sam:

When Your Career Path Heads Straight Down the Drain

  (First published: Feb 18, 2023)

The retirement phase creeps up and blindsides you when you’re looking the other way. There’s no farewell party or gold watch these days, it’s more like a quiet exit stage…

Pittsburgh Chronicles: Livin’ and Eatin’ in the Burgh

Last updated: Feb 14, 2023   (First published: Sep 9, 1997)

I went, I worked, I saw, I wrote…. Did not have a typical tourist experience there, since I was working all day every day. I’ve always wondered, whenever I vacationed…

A Midsummer’s Eve Bike Ride

Last updated: Feb 14, 2023   (First published: Aug 17, 1994)

For those of you who are not in a hurry So we fix the brakes and loosen the shifter that keeps lockin’ up and head out for a midsummer’s eve…

The Return of Mr Samuel

Last updated: Feb 14, 2023   (First published: Feb 1, 2019)

Remember that term, “cobwebbed” sites – haven’t been touched in ages? There was a textbook demo here if you wanted to see what the 90s were like. Some of that…

Dining Adventures in Egypt

Last updated: Feb 14, 2023   (First published: Oct 6, 2001)

Did somebody ever say just one word and it reminded you of a story? How about the word ‘camel’? You don’t care? Too bad, it just happened to me. I…

More Wood, Firewood…

Last updated: Feb 14, 2023   (First published: Mar 1, 1998)

It’s the only kind of wood that’ll do you any good. Well, after I went trigger-happy with the new chain saw and cut down every deciduous life-form in my back…

Vermont Vacation Review

Last updated: Feb 14, 2023   (First published: Aug 21, 1999)

Here’s how my vacation went… We returned to our favorite Vermont hideaway after an absence of two years. The tiny lake hidden away in the teeny town of Wallingford hasn’t…

Love, Hate, Birds

Last updated: Feb 5, 2023   (First published: Jun 10, 1998)

Love Those Birds Our house is like the deli of bird-dom. We have just enough cover to attract your everyday bologna-type varieties, such as cardinals and chickadees and sparrows. But…

Moving Sucks

Last updated: Feb 1, 2023   (First published: Jul 10, 1997)

I hate moving. It’s bad enough when you have to move your family and all your personal stuff from one house to another. Everything gets stuck in boxes and you…

Pittsburgh Chronicles: Volume II

Last updated: Feb 1, 2023   (First published: Sep 16, 1997)

More observation from recent business trip… Really enjoyed the chance to get to know a few people and find out about low profile things like the raffle at the Sportsman’s…