Paris on the Skook

Acte de vente: Deed of Sale

A lesson in the importance of reading the fine print.

Dec 6 • 

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November 2025

Charles C. Hofmann: Painting for his Supper

Here is my monthly article on an Anthracite Artist. Hofmann was a wanderer, with no fixed address besides the poorhouse, but his paintings are found…

Nov 30 • 

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Happy Thanksgiving!

And I’ll be back next week.

Nov 23 • 

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Scratching the Surface

The anthracite region of northeastern Pennsylvania as a powerful metaphor for life.

Nov 15 • 

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A week dans la merde

Literally.

Nov 9 • 

Nancy Honicker

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White Birch

How a tree tells a story about the rich heritage of the Anthracite Region.

Nov 1 • 

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October 2025

George M. Bretz, Photographer: Let There Be Light

Here is my monthly article on an anthracite artist, this month's devoted to a 19th century photographer from Pottsville, who brought underground mining…

Oct 26 • 

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Quelle andouille!

That's what I sometimes am, une andouille (a fool) who doesn't like andouille (a very special sausage), trying, but not always succeeding, in taking…

Oct 18 • 

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The Tartars Invade Pottsville, PA

In other words, some of my childhood teachers, tough women who had more in common with a Marine drill sargeant than today's "trad wives," whose…

Oct 11 • 

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Small is Beautiful?

In 2025, is there any chance of harking back to simpler times? On a more personal level, can the author overcome her yearning for "big"?

Oct 4 • 

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September 2025

John Willard Raught: Seeing “Home” with an Impressionist’s Eye

Here is my monthly article on an artist from the anthracite region of Northeastern Pennsylvania.

Sep 28 • 

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Pottsville up and down, big and small

Childhood teaches us home. Life becomes the adventure of making our own.

Sep 20 • 

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