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09/01/2022

Round 1, 2 years in

The headache is like your head is the grape
and the virus is
the thumb and forefinger
rolling your head till it’s pulpy

The bedroom air is hot cotton
stifling each try at a normal breath
The only acceptable air is
8 degrees fresh from outside

Laying for too long on one side makes that hip feel
like it’s been a hip for 150 years
But to roll over enrages your pulpy head
so that it fills again with pressure
for the virus fingers' pleasure

The dreams are busy, and all about how not to give covid

Going 24 hours without a toothbrush is an unwise choice
forcing you out of bed
at 3:50 in the morning
even though you’re clattering with cold

After 30 hours the smell in the room
is potato chips and it’s time to wash the sheets

You wake to the news
that pap is in the hospital
and later you find out he didn’t make it

And the headache doesn’t seem like that big of a deal

15/12/2021

It's always good to step outside of yourself and see what great thing is happening around you. Luckily, as a writer, I can help share the news!

Duboistown, Pa. -- It is difficult to tell who is most eager to be at the Duboistown VFW on Wednesday morning before the sun even rises. It's no more than

01/12/2021

Investigating school policy on bullying has been on my to do list for a while, at the request of a family who lost their beautiful girl to su***de. And now a second loss in two years in the same district. I'm so sorry I didn't get to it fast enough.

South Williamsport, Pa. -- It's the second time in two years that the South Williamsport Area School District has had to share heartbreaking news of the death of a student

20/10/2021

Add bus driver to my resume? Not the caliber of the bus drivers actually out there doing the job. But I did back that sucker up like a pro.

Lewisburg, Pa. -- It's a view like no other — looking out the expansive windshield of a yellow school bus. The seat is comfortable, the climate is controlled, and the

09/10/2021

https://www.northcentralpa.com/community/superstars-rock-the-williamsport-ymca/article_8f56d442-2856-11ec-8d48-b783b6323a12.html

NCPA reporter Ashley Little contributed to this story.

27/09/2021

As writers, we cover some tough stuff. No one wins in a criminal homicide case.

Williamsport, Pa. -- The trial of accused homicide suspect I-Keem Damont Fogan, 23, of Wiliamsport, ended in a guilty verdict on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021.

11/09/2021

Williamsport, Pa. – Picture a monkey swinging through the trees. The trees help the monkey get where it wants to go. Without them, the monkey would have to walk the

01/09/2021

"never hear of this before. Must be some more of that fake news someone forget to censor"

--one of my favorite comments online regarding an article we posted on NorthcentralPa. I guess I should run everything we publish past this obvious genius to make sure she's heard of it first.

There are days I question humanity. Today is one of them. Why do I work a job that requires communication with the general public? Seriously.

23/08/2021

Full time work, family, sports, etc., means no extra time for fiction writing. A part of me has been cold and cobwebbed for more than two years. I'm not selfish enough, or sustained enough, to take it back.

  “I cannot recall a time when I did not know I was special,” writes Jeanette Winterson at the beginning of her fictionalized autobiography Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. And, indeed, the facts of her life have supported that view. Born in Manchester in 1959, Winterson was ad....

10/06/2021

Working with an interning photojournalist, Dan Sarch, who is a student at Rochester Institute of Technology. He is terrific. In addition to working with NorthcentralPa.com, he is available for freelance photography jobs in the Williamsport area.

Williamsport, Pa. -- "We're taking the battle against cancer to the next level."

10/06/2021

Williamsport, Pa. -- After a recent visit to the James V. Brown Library in Williamsport, Lycoming County Commissioner Scott Metzger shared a Facebook post that ended up garnering a lot

06/04/2021

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