The “Shades of Death” trail at Hickory Run may win the award for the most ominous trail name in Pennsylvania – or possibly anywhere, at least that I’ve heard. Whatever images you may conjure upon hearing it are likely hyperbole: as trails go, and despite being listed as one of

Shades of Death

The “Shades of Death” trail at Hickory Run may win the award for the most ominous trail name in Pennsylvania – or possibly anywhere, at

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Autumn on the Water

The Francis Walter Dam sits just south of the confluence of the Lehigh River and Bear Creek, a towering arc of concrete that holds back

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Scranton in Autumn

For something different, a visit to downtown Scranton, PA, last autumn.  I am wholly and without doubt not a city person; too much concrete, too

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Autumn

The question of when autumn begins seems to raise strong opinions.  There’s the calendar date, which in my opinion falls too early, when the days

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Forgotten Graves

BRENT PENNINGTON – Abandoned Catholic cemetery in Owego, NY, on the afternoon of 26 August 2023. BRENT PENNINGTON – Abandoned Catholic cemetery in Owego, NY,

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