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World Travel During Breakfast
I work a lot now, folks. Or rather, I serve a lot. As an AmeriCorps member I am serving at a charter high school in Munhall, PA, and I am there from 7:15 in the morning until anywhere from 4:30 to 6:30...
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Beneath the Bloomfield Bridge
The Pittsburgh weather was kind to us today and I took full advantage of the warmth and sun. I hiked up to Polish Hill for some breakfast at Lili’s Coffeehouse, then went to one of my favorite look-out...
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There’s a time to break and a time to chill
I have been getting a crash course in hip hop culture lately, and it has been fantastic. A major initial draw to my AmeriCorps host site was the “Hip Hopera” that the high school puts on every year – a...
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Holiday Horr- I mean HAPPINESS!
In the midst of the wild three weeks before my winter break and trip up to Maine, I managed to make it to Phipps Conservatory to soak up some of the magical Winter Light and Flower Show. I’ll get...
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Pittsburgh People: Mozelle Thompson, Matt Baker, Jackie Ormes, Chuck Connelly...
Here’s an unwinding thread I’ve been following down back alleyways and across bridges throughout Pittsburgh lately: A friend got me to read Pittsburgh author Ed Piskor‘s Hip Hop Family Tree comics....
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Finding Myself
I looked for myself in the wide open spaces between sunset colored sandstone. I looked for myself beneath a sage bush where a rattlesnake had shed last year’s skin. I looked for myself in a summer dry...
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Sally Bone on my mind
Here’s the thing, folks – I am going to make a comic about Sally Bone for REAL this year. Something that’s longer than a page. Something with a plot. Something tangible. I’ve been obsessed with comic...
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Frozen
It’s been very cold in Pittsburgh the last few weeks, although we have nowhere near as much snow as places further north. I’ve taken advantage of my host site being closed for snow days by tucking...
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Riding the Tail End of Winter
I ventured out in sketchy weather yesterday to catch the last of the Winter Orchid and Tropical Bonsai Show at the Phipps. It was slushing outside, but cozy among the plants – even steamy, in the new...
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Comics to the beat
A riff on the Allegretto from Beethoven’s 7th Symphony, and Pittsburgh’s 40th Street Bridge – Sally Ingraham 2015 I woke up thinking about things Frank Santoro said last night about music and comics at...
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