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In the end, Wild Things went as far as they could

The season ended for the Wild Things in the Frontier League playoffs and with a loss, just like each of their other 12 trips to the postseason. On the surface, that would mean another maddening postseason for the Wild Things. Or was it? While the celebrating Friday night was in the visiting ...

In dreams

A candy-colored clown they call the sandman Tiptoes to my room every night Just to sprinkle stardust and to whisper "Go to sleep. Everything is all right." — Roy Orbison She says I woke her up the other night, moaning so loudly that our sheepadoodle, Riley, bolted from the bed and ...

Five things we learned in Week 2

Each Monday we’ll look back at some of the highlights from the week that was in local high school football. Sieg is Fort Cherry’s QB king: Matt Sieg added another milestone to his amazing career at Fort Cherry by surpassing his coach Tanner Garry as the school’s all-time leader in ...

A waste of music

Best I could tell it was an old spinet, made of light wood. It was sitting at the end of a driveway, probably awaiting the arrival of the garbage man. I craned my neck as I drove by, wondering what might have happened in that house, and to that family, to have led to a piano being kicked ...

Preparing your child for school

Q. I’m no longer a teen, but I have wonderful memories of you as my teacher. You taught us all so much, starting in middle school, when you empowered us to be comfortable with our changing selves, through senior year, when you facilitated a great game, you called “out of the bubble” that ...

An orange gummy and origin of a play

On Sept. 4, my short play, “The Bowl,” will premiere as part of the Pittsburgh New Works Festival at Duquesne University’s Genesius Theater. The Pittsburgh New Works Festival (PNWF) takes plays from all over the country through a blind submission process. Fourteen local theatrical ...