COVID-19 has shaken up the world. As high-risk persons, my husband and I are sheltering in place as a self-preservation tactic. As a small business […]
The Coffee Klatch
All-Natural Easter Egg Dyes
Many of us who grew up in the Coal Region certainly remember dying Easter eggs using little tablets that came in an egg-dying kit. My […]
The Art of Pysanky
Slavic immigrants to the Coal Region brought this age-old art form with them as they settled into patch towns and began to work in the […]
Groundhog Day and The Pennsylvania Dutch Connection
On February 2, 1887, Groundhog Day, featuring a rodent meteorologist, is celebrated for the first time at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Groundhog Day is perhaps one […]
It’s Polka Time
Block parties, fire hall weddings, church picnics, Sunday radio shows…what ties these all together in the Coal Region of Northeast Pennsylvania? Why, the polka of […]
Dropping In For The New Year
or, what goes up must come down. Revelers first gathered in Time Square on New Year’s Eve in 1904 thanks to Adolph Ochs, owner of The New […]