Category Archives: Family

Summer Shorts: Fifty Years Gone – What Have We Learned?

Posted on August 8, 2023 by John Linko

Everyone of us who is the parent of a teenage child understands the problems of raising children today. Every vice seems to be hurled at these youngsters. It is almost as though we are wrestling with the Devil himself. Parents … Continue reading →

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In Praise of Libraries – New Pathways vs. Old Attitudes

Posted on April 25, 2023 by John Linko

If you’ve followed this blog for any length of time, you know that my family is rather enamored of our local library. The Sewickley Public Library is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year – my wife has held a library … Continue reading →

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Loose Ends For a Better Year, Part 3 – Nothing New Under the Sun

Posted on June 8, 2021 by John Linko

All things are wearisome, more than one can say.The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing. What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.Is there anything … Continue reading →

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Life, Love, and Lament in the Time of Corona

Posted on April 27, 2020 by John Linko

(Apologies to Gabriel Garcia Marquez) “There are strict scientific principles that have to be adhered to in medicine. At the same time, a humanistic touch is needed in dealing with people. You have to combine social aspects, ethical aspects, personal … Continue reading →

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With Wings As Eagles…

Posted on May 31, 2014 by John Linko

I hope that this past month has been a good one for you. I spent the first weeks of this month preparing for a trip to Colorado to observe and celebrate my son’s college graduation – a watershed moment in … Continue reading →

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Extreme Customer Service

Posted on November 25, 2011 by John Linko

I hope that everyone had a happy Thanksgiving. The season of celebration and bustle that marks the arrival of high holy days for numerous religious denominations is upon us once again. I’m remembering more and more about how much Pittsburghers, … Continue reading →

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Life Springs Forward

Posted on April 1, 2011 by John Linko

McMillen Photography – Ed Hughes And Spring arose on the garden fair,Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere. – Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Sensitive Plant” Happy April! Our wedding was hectic in the planning and execution (as I guess most … Continue reading →

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Focus on Felines

Posted on February 27, 2011 by John Linko

“Of all God’s creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat.” … Continue reading →

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Rocks and Hard Places – The Movie

Posted on December 1, 2010 by John Linko

Evan got back into town on Sunday morning, and that afternoon we headed over to the Regal to take in 127 Hours. We had been waiting, with varying degrees of patience, for this acclaimed independent film to arrive in Grand … Continue reading →

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I Am Not There

Posted on July 16, 2010 by John Linko

Michaela Aleasha RussoNovember 15, 2001 – July 15, 2010 Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the softly falling snow. I am … Continue reading →