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| Can electronic reading devices really replace the tangible and tactile experience of reading traditional paper and print books? What about the bookstore cafe experience which is a time and place to socialize and communicate about books, periodicals and ideas? I think the city is losing something profound, and I can only hope that Barnes and Noble will one day step in and fill the intellectual void being left in Scranton with one of their own brick and mortar stores. |
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| The Lackawanna Heritage Trail is a thread of nature that snakes right through Scranton along the Lackawanna River. It is ideal for walking, jogging, biking, stretching the dog's legs, and enjoying a little scenic beauty in the middle of a metropolis, and it helps a person put on their happy face. Unfortunately, seeing this sign from the trail is a bit like having a glass of cold water tossed in your happy face. Icky, cold water. |
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Clark Switzer gives a history lesson at the site of the Knox Mine disaster. On January 22nd, 1959, a thin rock roof of a mine running under the Susquehanna River collapsed and water and ice poured into the mine creating a vortex approximately 150 feet in diameter. A stunning photograph and more information can be found at undergroundminers.com. Twelve workers died, but sixty-nine managed to escape the billions of gallons of water that poured down into the mines. |
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| I heard piano notes from "As Time Goes By" echoing off the walls. Could Rick's Cafe Americain be somewhere down this alley? |
