When I was in high school, it was the influence of three people that started me on the road to becoming a reader. Two were in the home and the third one was in the school. My grandfather never finished elementary school and where he learned to read so well is and will remain a […]

I grew up in a small anthracite mining town in Pennsylvania with a population of about 1,500 people. Not much has changed in terms of population – the last census accounted for about 1,700 people. Tremont had its own school district when I attended school there, and my senior class consisted of just 35 students. […]