Trains, trails, history and a WQED Documentary
Coal history in America is an animal unto itself and its chock full of stories, music, culture, tragedy, legacy and heartache.
Read moreWQED Documentary Premiere, “The Great Ride” featuring in small part, The Ruins Project
The Great Ride Documentary highlights The Ruins Project in Southwestern PA on the Great Allegheny Passage and C&O Canal Towpath
Read moreThe Biggest Window in the World
(Above photo by freelance video producer Anita Harnish) My father told me a story today about when he tried to open the biggest window in the world. This window, he explained, was 680 miles long…
Read moreWho’s Your Competition?
Your peers, your contemporaries, the people who are biting at your heels, reminding you that all is fair in art and war? “Middle Ground: A Conversation in Stone” (2018) by Sophie Drouin and…
Read moreUndercover Roosters and The Nature of Truth
I have had thirteen hens in my flock since late last summer. Every time I say that sentence out loud I am sure to knock on some nearby wood, as any chicken keeper knows that thirteen can turn to…
Read moreCats Who Take Walks
My cats are outliers. I’m not sure if I have created their strange habits or if they were born with an out of the ordinariness. They take long walks with me. Smithon watching Luce far ahead…
Read moreBlue Ice: An Origin Story
It was 1983 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania and I was 13 years old. My little world was full of sticker collecting, exploring the boundaries of the farm and stretching into my identity. I was…
Read moreThe In-Between Art
We live in a world where a strong opinion, on just about anything, can get a person into all kinds of trouble. Approaching the decade of being halfway to dead, as my man so eloquently puts it,…
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