Author Archives: Neil Durso

The Pennsylvania Canal in Pittsburg

I offer here slight clarification to “The Pennsylvania Canal” paragraph of Kathryn Bashaar’s awesome “Lost Pittsburgh Neighborhoods: Bayardstown” [http://www.kathrynbashaar.com/2019/05/lost-pittsburgh-neighborhoods-bayardstown/] Great, great stuff, Kathryn! The research is very hard work; thank you for that. Re the canal, I think it’s best to consider it having 3 termini around Pgh – one into The Allegheny, a 2ndContinue reading “The Pennsylvania Canal in Pittsburg”

Teachers, at the end of your year…

Like most of you, most of them are looking forward to a break. But do not forget about the few who aren’t… They are why you teachers matter beyond anyone’s understanding…

something I learned in high school

Describe something you learned in high school. I learned that sometimes teachers get test answers wrong, and to catch those rare events was an ego trip. It’s also where they educated me, initiating me into the adult world, where I would often have wrong answers, or no answer at all. The lesson was not thatContinue reading “something I learned in high school”

How enormous I, and you, are

What occurs to me more and more often is how enormous I am. How much power I have in my own little world. How much potential I have that I myself do not even recognize and I am not aware of. More and more, it is astounds me how enormous my power is. My youngestContinue reading “How enormous I, and you, are”