John Hook

As a kid I never imagined that I would someday know someone who wrote a book. It was inconceivable. As I sit here today in Happy Valley, this mecca of authorship, it turns out I know many people who have written books.

The imminent arrival of our long, cold and light-challenged winter, however, means we should properly plan to make the best of it. There are three things you should seriously consider preparing in advance before the deep freeze sets in.

Of the many out-of-the-ordinary aspects of our daughter’s birth, she not only beat the odds of arriving (most in-vitro procedures at that time had a 25% success rate), but she also managed to combine recessive genes from both sides of our family and get a hair color she shares with very few people

In honor of this milestone I felt that I would take a few moments to pass along some words of wisdom that I have collected during my 60 years on the planet. These are sayings, thoughts, quotes and quips which have made a strong impression on me, and it seems fitting that having reached this…

Our fervent search for the truth in words makes me wonder if there are some words or terminology we use regularly that just don’t mean what they say anymore — words that deaden our senses to the onslaught of misleading information we’re met with every day. I took a quick poll around and here a

Back in 1968 the renowned and Pittsburgh-born celebrity pop artist Andy Warhol wrote a comment in the program for one of his exhibitions that, ‘In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.”  In today’s internet age more than 50 years after Warhol’s prognostication – which certainly qualifies it as the “future”…

If you watched any of the games the last two weeks you saw that the broadcast network for the Little League World Series used graphics touting the location of the event as Williamsport, PA. Except, the Little League World Series does not take place in Williamsport, PA.

Free college tuition for everyone. Now that’s a topic that might garner some interest here in Happy Valley, home as we are to the largest university in the state by enrollment, and where our address says it all: State College, PA.

It’s almost August, which means it’s that time of year where mothers across America begin to realize that departure is imminent — the departure of their children as they pack up and leave for college for the first time.