Last Thursday, at midnight, I inadvertently found myself on a mist-covered, winding back-road in Ohio and felt I was in the prelude to one of the ghost stories I knew I’d be hearing at a concert the following night.Near the end of a six and a half hour...

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On a balmy late-summer evening, the first Saturday of September, I did a house concert with my friend, Speaker and Storyteller Bob Tryanski.It was in his cousin’s house in Lincoln University, PA.Besides being a gifted interior designer, Bob’s cousin, Patti Lyons, is the most in-demand Sarah Palin look alike in the nation,...

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Last Saturday, just before Hurricane Irene hit, I was heading to Chadds Ford, PA to conduct a christening for my adorable six-month old fourth cousin.The last baptism I oversaw was for 36 tattooed, incarcerated men in my role as a prison chaplain.Interestingly not one of them was wearing...

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This August, I went on vacation to Hatteras Island in North Carolina with my cousin and her family and friends - and that is when I discovered Ocracoke, the 9.6 square mile remote Outer Banks island that can only be reached by public ferry, private boat or plane.Let me more specific.I...

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