Many of the "Country Livin' " stories appeared in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette over a one-year period. Originally written for the Peter's Township farm community in Washington County, Pennsylvania, the stories became popular with Post Gazette readers throughout Pittsburgh and the other surrounding counties. These fact-based vignettes are told from the perspective of a 13 year old, city bred teen. They vividly describe his life and times while working a spring, summer and fall in the fertile farm belt just south of Pittsburgh. "Country Livin' " is filled with real people, some who still live in...

PREP SCHOOL DAYS, The Seminary at the University of Notre Dame When reading PREP SCHOOL DAYS, it quickly becomes obvious that Holy Cross Seminary was no place for wimps. Many of the resident Priests at Holy Cross were not only gifted teachers but superb athletes who had "been there." While they were providing seminarians the opportunity to experience spiritual growth, to play hard, but fair, on the playing field and to develop a life-long work/study ethic, the young men were attempting to adapt to a strict seminary regimen while living on the campus of a world-famous, Catholic university. The...