For more than 10 years, you’ve gotten to know my family through this column, most notably, my wife, Ann Marie, who’s been with me for 25 years — 27 if you count dating. And now, I can safely say, she is almost as funny as me. Let me take you back a few weeks when I came down with a ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Early Friday evening at the swimming pool at Hollidaysburg Area High School, someone wisely pointed out that the Roman numeral for 500 was the letter D. And it ended up making a lot of sense, too. It was so appropriate because a very large gathering was there to honor the ...
We’ve spent the past month, and some of us even longer, looking for the right Christmas gift, and more so, asking for the right Christmas gift. I’m past that, but there is one thing I want, but I don’t think it will happen. I want someone to give me the power to forgive because — in ...
As we get closer to celebrating turkey day, I imagine many of you will be offering up a prayer of Thanksgiving on the special day, giving thanks for all that is good in your life. I’ll just add that to my already long and growing list of prayers between me and the good guys ...
There are many paths to addiction: It may be modeled by parental figures; it may be developed while coping with a job loss; or it may be caused by mismanaged pain treatment. But Frank Cascino of Johnstown said for him it began in middle school with social anxiety. Cascino, 46, has been ...
I don’t mind if my kids do a lot of the things I did as a youngster. It’s just that when they do them these days, they seem to cost me and my wife ... money. And for the record, this is me complaining about money, not Mrs. Franco, but due to contractual agreements, she must be mentioned ...