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State College Bride 2011
Much to love in State College magazine's Bridal issue! From Hadley Spanier's 2-continent wedding to the amazing cupcake trend to a goat as a surprise wedding crasher. It's all inside...
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Columns
Helen O’ Leary, Painter
January 25, 2012“Listening to Shane McGowen and the Pogues in the 1980s clarified for me the power of language, and opened up the possibility of re-inventing poetic tenderness without nostalgia. His stories of being alive sung through the...
Latest Column Articles
Way Better than Chicken Soup
January 25, 2012If this season’s holiday dinner for the extended family has you feeling pressed for time and extra chairs, think about Chef Gary Glenn, the innovative foodservice director at Mount Nittany Medical Center. Glenn will be serving...
Giddy Up
January 25, 2012I was thinking it really wouldn’t be that big a deal. I’d gone horseback riding before, a bunch of times; I like it, even if I can never get into the saddle without either a serious boost or one of those tiny ladders that allow...
Babies, Butt Paste and Time
January 25, 2012I am a teacher. I spend six and a half hours every day with 25 12-year-olds. Their mouths never stop moving—asking questions, complaining, arguing, laughing or making noises just to be heard. The thing is, I love the chaos, the...
Charity Begins... At a Girl Scout Meeting
January 25, 2012Christmas was rapidly approaching a few years ago as I met with my Girl Scouts at their regular meeting. That week we had secured the name of an underprivileged child from a local charity, and we needed to shop for some of the...
Remaking the Holidays
January 3, 2012Thanksgiving is the gateway holiday that sets the stage for five weeks of festive eating. Pecan pies, turkey with bread stuffing, oysters, eggnog, roasted chestnuts, dozens of cookies, at least seven fishes and plates of rugelach...
Gunning for a Win
January 3, 2012His name was Wayne and he was a tall drink of water from Georgia with, as he might call it, a good bit of “south in the mouth.” And he was standing about five feet behind me, jaw hanging slack.
“Good gawd, woman,” he muttered....
William Snyder III, Portrait Artist
January 3, 2012“Portraits position someone in history and document a moment. They can inspire direction, and honor achievement. A live portrait sitting adds a level of performance and precision that hones my drawing vocabulary, so that I can...
