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San Francisco 3/5/22
During the four-week break between the Penn State Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 semesters, Nagwa, a Humphrey Fellow from Egypt for whom we...
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Fellow Rider 3/2/22
If you follow this blog, you know that I enjoy riding rail-trails, particularly the nearby Ammerman, the Lower and the Pine Creek...
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Lionel Heirloom - Part 2 2/26/22
This is Part 2, a continuation, of my 2/19/22 post in which I began to recount the process used in building a display case for an...
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Lionel Heirloom - Part 1 2/19/22
As I noted in my 2/3/19 Blog entry, my maternal grandfather, Henry C. Layer (1884-1964), was “A Railroad Man,” as was his father before...
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Scrambled Eggs 2/17/22
Mom's little boy stops in for breakfast before work. No one scrambles eggs like Mom!