SOAR WITH EAGLES: 7 Things Football Coach Joe Paterno Taught Us

The man who was Penn State is no longer with us.  I’m talking about the legendary college football Joe Paterno. To people outside the Penn State community, he was “the winningest coach in the history of college football” and “a legend.”  To people who attended Penn State, Joe was so much more. Joe Paterno will be [...]

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SOAR WITH EAGLES: The Path to Winter

Good stories serve a purpose.  While the objective of some stories is met immediately, the lesson of other stories can be years in the making.  Such is the case with this story about my grandmother, Alice.  Come with me as we visit my grandparents’ farm near Muncy, Pennsylvania. A nip in the September air caused Alice to reflect that her four [...]

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SOAR WITH EAGLES: Thanksgiving Lessons From Muncy

While I watch the wind blow the last of the colored leaves to the ground, my thoughts follow the dirt lane to the old farmhouse where my maternal grandparents raised their children during the Great Depression.  It is a house I visited many times while I listened to my mother’s childhood stories.  I toured it once recently when the present owner [...]

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SOAR WITH EAGLES: The Legacy

Yesterday, I met up with my sister and our mother in Winchester, Virginia.  We had arranged to meet there so that I could take Mom home with me for a visit. While we transferred our mother’s luggage to my car, my sister gave me grave notice:  Mom is declining rapidly.  Indeed, I could see it myself. During the [...]

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