

The Rock
Sitting in the very green countryside of Cashel, Ireland in County Tipperary, is Hore Abby. It was built in the 13th century as a...


Needlepoint
Needlepoint is a type of embroidery in which a design is stitched by hand into a matrix or backing using different colored yarns and...


Name the Landmark Film
In 2017, on a trip to San Francisco, we ran across a motorcyclist on Fishman’s Wharf who immediately reminded me of a landmark film from...


Rising Tide
These photos of College Creek in Williamsburg, VA were taken on a mid-December morning from College Landing, a small park south of the...


The Infamously Bad Gift Choice
Fifty years ago, Sue and I were both seniors in college. While she was only a quarter of the way into her student teaching semester in a...


University House
The first residence for the president of the Pennsylvania Land Grant College (name changed in 1862 from the original Pennsylvania...


Henryetta Dill Layer
Third from the left in the above mid-1920s photo (probably taken at a birthday party), and below in a high school graduation photo, today...


Fun Dinner
Janset, the daughter of Gulya who is a Humphrey Fellow for whom Sue and I are community hosts this year, joined our family for dinner out...


Winter Break
Penn State students often question why the semester that starts in January is referred to as the “Spring Semester” as opposed to the...