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Responses to “How will we live tomorrow?”

How will we live tomorrow? “Hopefully better than today.” Shaindy Glatt, Orthodox Jew, mother of four & proprietor of Glatt Supermarket, Postville, IA How will we live tomorrow? “I hope we will live in harmony rather than always seeking control. … Continue reading

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Featured Response: Zachery Shiner, Touring Cyclist

I was amazed and thrilled to receive this response to my question from someone I never met.  Perhaps, I will, if I slow down or he speeds up. “When I was near Milwaukee I stayed with Shane via warmshowers, and … Continue reading

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Profile Response – Wayne Beck, Dr. Bob’s House Akron, OH

Dr. Robert Smith is one of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous, which began in Akron in 1935. Dr. Bob died in 1950, and his home turned over twelve times, eventually becoming a fraternity house, until a non-profit foundation purchased the house … Continue reading

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Profile Response – Missy McCormick and Bill Adams Poland, OH

Missy McCormick and Bill Adams moved to Poland, OH a few years ago. Missy is a ceramics professor at Youngstown State University. Bill is taking a respite from an eighteen-year career in insurance to be stay-at-home dad with their three-year-old … Continue reading

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Profile Response – Melanie and Simon Huntley, Pittsburgh, PA

Melanie and Simon Huntley moved into a 1950’s era contemporary house on a peak overlooking Pittsburgh a year ago. It’s a private space with a nice yard in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood; a great place to raise their sons, Eliot, … Continue reading

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Profile Response – Corinne Bechtel, Director of Tourism, Rivers of Steel National Heritage Site, Pittsburgh, PA

  Sometimes a person is so well suited to her job that all seems right with the world. At least, that’s how I felt meeting Corinne Bechtel, who loves all things Pittsburgh; in particular the massive Carrie Furnace, the prize … Continue reading

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Profile Response – Robert Layo, Johnstown, PA Chamber of Commerce

Bob Layo, Executive Director of the Johnstown, PA Chamber of Commerce has a tough job. Johnstown, PA is best known for three horrific floods. The 1889 flood killed 2,209 people, the single highest day of civilian disaster deaths until September … Continue reading

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Responses – How will we live tomorrow?

How will we live tomorrow? “We got engaged last year. We even set a date, September 12, though we haven’t done anything else to plan it.” “Char’s been engaged three times.” “Yes, but each time something wasn’t right. Within a … Continue reading

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Profile Response – Mary Dean Coleman, James Kelly, Kristin and Mike McCarty, State College, PA

Mary Dean teaches nutrition at Penn State; James teaches math in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences there. They were my warmshowers host in State College PA, in a house full of bicycle themed accessories. Mary Dean and James … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Sandra Lee Foley Hitchcock – Trout Run, PA

The ride down Route 14 from Elmira NY to Williamsport, PA on the Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend was glorious. About ten miles away from my destination, the Little League Museum, I saw a sign: Pow Wow Reenactment. I was … Continue reading

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