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"Wedded bliss in Bucks"
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FAVORITES

Of the thousands of news and feature articles, profiles, commentaries, and personal essays I've written in my career, these are a few of my favorites.

"Threshold of Pain"
For better or worse, the quest for your dream home can prove more grueling than the search for a significant other.

Final Word back page column, Delaware Today, March 2006

Read this column here.

"Holding on to Hope"
VietNow National Magazine, Summer 2005

This article received second place honors in the 2006 Delaware Press Association Communications Contest, Rotating Subject: Faces in the Crowd.

Dorothy Boyer's voice fills with love when she talks about her son, Alan, a Green Beret who disappeared in Southeast Asia in 1968. She wistfully remembers the boy he was and the man he never became. "You still think of the person as you last saw him. I still see Alan as a young kid," she said. "He was a great kid. We had high hopes for him."

Read more here.

"Southern-flavored memory"
The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 1, 2007

My personal journey about a family vacation to Louisiana.

"Doll challenges media images of female body"
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 2002

Move over, Barbie. You, too, Pamela Anderson. We who can't shop at 5-7-9 see a glimmer of hope on the horizon: Barbie's worst nightmare, the full-figured Emme doll. It's a beautiful thing. I can now stop sucking in my stomach...

"Hold line on cost of calling"
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 2002

Major long-distance companies, I'm hanging up on you for good... Rates are going up again. In early January, a Washington Post report heralded the increase. Soon after, I received a letter from my long-distance carrier. I consulted a lawyer to explain the fine print, restrictions, time periods, fees, and costs-per-minute...

These Philadelphia Inquirer articles are no longer available on the paper's Web site. Contact me for copies.

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