I saw that an arsonist set fire to the Pennsylvania Governor’s Mansion early Sunday morning. Happily Governor Josh Shapiro and his family were evacuated to safety, but there was significant damage done to the structure. And there’s a person in custody. Sadly, that’s the world we live in these days. But it reminded me of … Continue reading Fire and Flood
Harrisburg
Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On
Once again I remember some dreams I had the other night. The weather is getting warmer, which means the nights are getting warmer, which means it isn’t as cool in the bedroom overnight for sleeping and so I can’t find the right amount of coverings some nights, which in turn means I wake up a … Continue reading Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On
Harrisburg Bachelors
On November 2, 1979, when I opened my copy of the Harrisburg Patriot paper and turned to the Paul Beers column I was surprised to find not one, not two, but three names of guys that I knew. Riffing off of Al Capp’s invention of Sadie Hawkins Day, the one day in a year where … Continue reading Harrisburg Bachelors
AJ and the Civic Club
When I did my series on my days in Harrisburg and my friendship with AJ Moulfair awhile back, I wasn’t subscribed to the newspaper archive. Now that I am, I found some articles that have stirred some memories. For example, in either August or September of 1979 I threw a party, and of course, AJ … Continue reading AJ and the Civic Club
WMSP—The Epilog
This is the final installment of the WMSP series that began here. So where are they now? The Market Square Presbyterian Church sold the station in 1988. There is a Facebook page of former WMSP volunteers, which yet again suggests that I made a mistake when I closed my FB account for what I thought … Continue reading WMSP—The Epilog
Farewell to WMSP
This is the seventh and penultimate installment of the WMSP series that began here. AJ used to have a tape recorder running at his home to capture all the shows he hosted, and then he’d edit them to remove most of the music, keeping just his spoken introductions, etc. It sounded like a good idea, … Continue reading Farewell to WMSP
AJ and JT Go to NYC
This is the sixth installment of the WMSP series that began here. I didn’t know exactly how old AJ Moulfair was, though I assumed he was about ten years older than I was, which would have made him about 39 in 1978 when we met. I did pick up that he had gone to Columbia … Continue reading AJ and JT Go to NYC
Other Notable WMSP Folks
This is the fifth installment of the WMSP series that began here. During the year I spent at WMSP, I got to know a bunch of the people there, some of whom I can put a name to, and some of whom I cannot. Joyce Tracy is one of the former. She was a woman … Continue reading Other Notable WMSP Folks
A Very Special Episode
This is the fourth installment of a series. Catch with Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. One of the downsides of hosting the Tuesday edition of Musical Offering was that it already had a programmer, a lovely woman whose name I no longer recall, nor can I find her name on any of the saved … Continue reading A Very Special Episode
April, 1979
This is the third in a series that began with Part 1 and Part 2. Before I began searching through the boxes of saved letters and stuff, I’d have sworn that my volunteer career as a classical host on WMSP lasted nearly two years, but documents don’t lie. I didn’t get my Third Class License … Continue reading April, 1979