Lately I’ve been really feeling the effects of not reading my Bible like I should – and feeling the guilt, though not really doing anything to change it. I had a kind of serious break down this weekend over something ridiculous and I’ve been struggling…

Since peaches are in season here in North Western PA I am going crazy over peach recipes. Crazy in a good way!

We have an unique area here along the Lake Erie region where a section was carved out during the ice age that left a low area near the lak…

Last weekend Shaney and I went to the Crawford County Fair with his brother (Bry) and Bry’s wife (Sommer)! I was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo excited to see my favorite band, Lady Antebellum.Below, Stealing Angels, opened for them.They were ok. Cute…

I am proud to announce that the Logistics Plus team WON the recent kickball tournament for kids sponsored by the Young Erie Professionals (YEP). (not really)

Reformed smokers and reformed drinkers.

The thing is that they tend to think everyone else should be just like them. Their bright smiles as they spout their new found religion does get maddening at times. In a way, it all reminds me of someone trying…

The Labor Day Weekend is one of the three worst weekends of the year for blood usage and the Community Blood Bank and Country Fair have teamed up for a promotion that should help recruit blood donors before the
weekend to stock up.

  I was in Alexandria Bay a couple of weeks ago and was able to explore the castles.  It was a pretty cool place and I would recommend anyone to check them out.  This photo was captured in Boldt Castle which was very interesting and fun to photograph.  More photos to come!

I had no idea how challenging a foster-adoption transition would be. Saying goodbye after each visit and missing this precious boy has been difficult. Here we are six weeks in. We have felt both frustrated and annoyed all throughout the …

Right after the GoErie.com paywall went up we asked our Press and Tower readers if they would be willing to pay for site access. Close to 75% of respondents, including non-subscribers and partial week delivery subscribers said that they would not be willing to pay even $2.95 for monthly access to the portal. We will [...]

Nicki Minaj impersonates Rachel Berry’s impersonation of Lady Gaga. I’m going to need a face mask to not catch the crazy. Thanks, Nicki, for covering your face and trying not to spread the disease. But it’s probably best if you just go home and lay in …

The Erie Cheetahs will hold youth travel softball tryouts for their 12U and 10U teams on Sept. 10 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Zuck Park softball field on West Grandview Blvd. For more information call Tom Berndt at 881-7800.

Zoe went to hear her daddy’s band, the Duke Sherman Band, play at Penn Shore Winery Saturday. She took her ukulele. But her daddy let her play with the big instruments too. I stole the above photo (and a few … Continue reading →

Hello everyone!  Hope you had a wonderful weekend.  It always flies by.  Emma starts Kindergarten tomorrow, I don’t think I am ready for that!  It seems like just yesterday we brought her home from the hospital and had NO IDEA what …

State and County fairs are infamous for their eclectic food offerings. A week’s worth of food for a week at the Crawford County Fair. What: Garbage Fries at Parker’s Concessions Description: I’d seen the bowls all over the fair. Piled high with everything from bacon and cheese to sour cream and pork, these bowls of [...]

Love the opening paragraphs from the Nickelodeon television network release…On September 1st at 9 pm, Nickelodeon will premiere their commercial free special on Nick News With Linda Ellerbee entitled What Happened?: The Story of September 11, 2001. T…

I gave myself a hangnail carrying a case of water from the car to the house.Other than that, Irene didn’t put out too much hardship in Philadelphia despite what the news had us thinking we might get.  The lights didn’t even flicker and there isn’t…

Several readers have written recently to draw attention to the fact that Oil City’s Grace United Methodist Church has the following bulletin (shown below) linked on the front page of its web site under the title: How The Hate Crimes Bill May Affect You…

Wednesday night we had a heck of a storm roll through this area.

When I left for work on Thursday, I could see downed branches and a lot of leaf litter all around. All in all, our neighborhood wasn’t hit too hard. We lost power for just long enough…

from The Oil City Derrick:

GIRARD (AP) — A northwestern Pennsylvania man is jailed on charges he took an unwelcome toilet break in his ex-wife’s home.

Police in Girard say 24-year-old Nathan Wingerter broke into his ex-wife’s home on Aug. 1, t…

Don’t forget to enter the GIVEAWAY! Closes Thursday, September 1! Check the post for more details.

Another delicious recipe from How Sweet Eats – Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bread.My favorite breakfast is whole wheat toast, peanut butter, chopped bananas and dark chocolate shavings. Yum. This bread (toast it with some peanut butter) might be my n…

Starting this weekend and all next week I’m testing out the automation system. If I have it running correctly you’ll notice it because the annoying station ID near every half hour will no longer interrupt programs. I do still have the station ID at the start of every hour as a straight insertion but if [...]

State and County fairs are infamous for their eclectic food offerings. A week’s worth of food for a week at the Crawford County Fair. What: Chocolate Peanut Butter Milkshake at General Store Concessions Description: “It tastes like a Reese’s cup shake,” said server Brittany Sala. Blend chocolate soft serve, two big spoonfuls of Peter Pan peanut [...]

This article from The Baltimore Sun speaks to the lies about LGBT people propagated by the Venango County-based hate group, the American Family Association of Pennsylvania.

Comparisons of Gay Marriage to Polygamy and Worse
Belie a Lack of Understandin…

Hello everyone!  Just wanted post the picture for my first every sketch challenge!  The sketch is on the Cosmo Cricket Blog and I thought I would give it a try.  Hope you like it!Thanks for stopping by! Supplies Used:Stamps: Papertr…

Summer is almost over so before it is really gone, I took some photos of A playing in the backyard.

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The monster storm expected to hit the East Coast this weekend is going to create a lot of problems. Local forecast don’t, at the moment,

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No matter what happens over the next season or two, it’s safe to say the Pittsburgh Steelers will do whatever it takes to make sure safety Troy Polamalu never plays with another team and retires with the black and gold. As he enters the final year of his current deal, it appears the Steelers already [...]

**UPDATE: GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED AND WINNER HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED. CONGRATS EMILY!***After I won my awesome bottle of CATO PINK nail polish courtesy of KnollTextiles’ Facebook giveaway, I knew I had to score another bottle for my boss Dory. Last time we heard…

This photo was taken on April 4 in Sedona, Arizona. It is a view from the Chapel of the Holy Cross (a spectacular church built in the side of the rocks.) The cactus in the foreground is Plateau Cholla or Whipple Cholla  (or maybe they are the same…