PA Live! Blog of the Week: Fit and Strong for 30

NEPA Blogs will be presenting the "Blog of the Week" on WBRE's PA Live! every Tuesday. PA Live! airs weekday afternoons on WBRE from 4:00 to 5:00.

Our PA Live! Blog of the Week this week is Fit and Strong for 30 (http://fitandstrong30.wordpress.com/).

Getting in shape is a worthwhile goal at any age - and Fit and Strong for 30  raises the stakes a little higher!  This is a blog all about Alison M. trying to achieve a healthy weight and adopt a healthy lifestyle before her 30th birthday. Can she achieve this goal? And what will she learn about herself along the way? Read Fit and Strong for 30  and find out!


If you have a blog you would like us to link on NEPA Blogs, or know of a blog you think we should link, please let us know! You can always drop us a line at nepablogs@gmail.com!

PA Live! Blog of the Week: Bike NEPA

NEPA Blogs will be presenting the "Blog of the Week" on WBRE's PA Live! every Tuesday. PA Live! airs weekday afternoons on WBRE from 4:00 to 5:00.

Our PA Live! Blog of the Week this week is Bike NEPA (http://bikenepa.com/).

Despite the hills, the mountains, and the heavily-trafficked, pothole-strewn roads, bicycle riding remains very popular in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Bike NEPA is a blog for the bicycle riders of NEPA, and is filled with news and information both for those who pedal the landscape of NEPA. Bike NEPA is an excellent resource both for experienced bicyclists as well as those who are just thinking about striking out on two human-powered wheels.


If you have a blog you would like us to link on NEPA Blogs, or know of a blog you think we should link, please let us know! You can always drop us a line at nepablogs@gmail.com!

About the header image: August 13, 2014

The header image for Tuesday, August 12 is of the stage of the Vintage Theater (aka the Vintage) at 326 Spruce Street in Scranton, on the ground floor of the old Hotel Jermyn. The Vintage, the site of countless theatrical, literary, musical, and artistic exhibitions - including numerous events mentioned on NEPA Blogs - will be closing its doors for good after its final event, a goodbye party on August 30, 2014.

I have written about my personal history with the Vintage here. The Vintage is posting information to its Facebook page, as well as a special event page for the goodbye party. And the Vintage is going down swinging: there are several events scheduled before the farewell party. You can see a list here.

So: plan on being at the goodbye party on August 30 at 6:00 to show your appreciation for all the Vintage has given to NEPA. And try to make a few of the events before then! On August 31, it will be too late.


Send in your header photos to nepablogs@gmail.com.

PA Live! Blog of the Week: Suheiry

NEPA Blogs will be presenting the "Blog of the Week" on WBRE's PA Live! every Tuesday. PA Live! airs weekday afternoons on WBRE from 4:00 to 5:00.

Our PA Live! Blog of the Week this week is  Suheiry (www.suheiry.com/.)

A personal lifestyle blog from Suheiry. Food, flowers, fashion, and much more!

If you have a blog you would like us to link on NEPA Blogs, or know of a blog you think we should link, please let us know! You can always drop us a line at nepablogs@gmail.com!

About the header image: August 6, 2014

Oh, no! It's the beginning of August, and that means Summer is almost over! What do you have left to accomplish on your Summer to-do list? Take in a baseball game? Go to the shore? Maybe visit a zoo? Fortunately, Northeastern Pennsylvania has its very own zoo. Claws 'n' Paws Wild Animal Park in Lake Ariel features animals from all over the world, and unless you've got some very expensive travel planned for faraway places, this may be your only opportunity to see some of these animals up-close and in person. Whether you're concerned with the conservation of these animals in their natural habitats or just want to see how long a giraffe's tongue really is (it's really, really long), a zoo like Claws 'n' Paws provides an opportunity to connect with wildlife in ways that isn't possible just by reading about them or looking at pictures.


Do you have a photo you'd like to see featured as the NEPA Blogs header? Send it to us at nepablogs@gmail.com.

PA Live! Blog of the Week: Bike NEPA

NEPA Blogs will be presenting the "Blog of the Week" on WBRE's PA Live! every Tuesday. PA Live! airs weekday afternoons on WBRE from 4:00 to 5:00.

Our PA Live! Blog of the Week this week is Bike NEPA (http://bikenepa.com/).

Despite the hills, the mountains, and the heavily-trafficked, pothole-strewn roads, bicycle riding remains extremely popular in Northeastern Pennsylvania.  Bike NEPA is a blog for the bicycle riders of NEPA. It's all about bicycle riding in Northeastern Pennsylvania, and filled with news and information for those who pedal the landscape of NEPA. Bike NEPA is an excellent resource for active bicyclists as well as those curious about starting to take to the NEPA roads on a bicycle!


If you have a blog you would like us to link on NEPA Blogs, or know of a blog you think we should link, please let us know! You can always drop us a line at nepablogs@gmail.com!

PA Live! Blog of the Week: Posts from the Fringe

NEPA Blogs will be presenting the "Blog of the Week" on WBRE's PA Live! every Tuesday. PA Live! airs weekday afternoons on WBRE from 4:00 to 5:00.

Our PA Live! Blog of the Week this week is Posts from the Fringe (http://postsfromthefringe.blogspot.com/).

Writer and observer of the human condition James M. O'Meara blogs about whatever comes to mind. While he has participated in the favorite full-contact sport in Northeastern Pennsylvania - politics - he has always maintained both a rational mind and a great sense of humor. Posts from the Fringe is sometimes serious, sometimes introspective, and sometimes hysterically funny, but it is always an excellent reflection of its author. Since June 2011.

If you have a blog you would like us to link on NEPA Blogs, or know of a blog you think we should link, please let us know! You can always drop us a line at nepablogs@gmail.com!

About the header image: July 30, 2014

Last October I decided to go out and photograph the sunset from the Nanticoke - West Nanticoke bridge over the Susquehanna River. The sunset was nothing spectacular, but I realized that Venus would be showing up low in the West as twilight turned to dusk. (It's visible in this image, though just barely - nearly dead center, to the left of the central vertical girder, to the right of the fourth rivet from the bottom in the big girder.) In trying to capture Venus, I accidentally captured something beautiful as the sodium vapor lights caused the white-painted girders to show up in a false deep rust color, in sharp contrast to the sunset colors of the sky.

If you have a photo you'd like to see used as the NEPA Blogs header, send it to us at nepablogs@gmail.com. Thanks!

PA Live! Blog of the Week: Running the Poconos

NEPA Blogs will be presenting the "Blog of the Week" on WBRE's PA Live! every Tuesday. PA Live! airs weekday afternoons on WBRE from 4:00 to 5:00.

Our PA Live! Blog of the Week this week is Running the Poconos  (http://blogs.thepoconos.com/running-the-poconos/).

Since January 2013, Ed Hasker has blogged about running throughout the Poconos for the Pocono Record at the online site blogs.thepoconos.com. His writing takes us on a journey through the Poconos from the point of view of a runner. Whether you're a runner, are interested in running, or are interested in seeing the Poconos in a whole new light, you'll find something fascinating in his blog, Running the Poconos!

If you have a blog you would like us to link on NEPA Blogs, or know of a blog you think we should link, please let us know! You can always drop us a line at nepablogs@gmail.com!

About the header image, July 23, 2014

A broken washing machine meant a few trips to the laundromat. I decided to use to one near the Tractor Supply on the Sans Souci Parkway in Hanover Township. I noticed that the parking lot there had a nice view of the western sky, so I timed one of my visits to coincide with sunset. This particular sunset featured colors that were subdued rather than spectacular, but it still made for some pretty pictures.

There was actually quite a bit going on in the sky at the time. Here's a photo from a few minutes earlier:

If you have a photo you'd like us to use as the NEPA Blogs header image, please send it to us at nepablogs@gmail.com.

PA Live! Blog of the Week: Independent NEPA

NEPA Blogs will be presenting the "Blog of the Week" on WBRE's PA Live! every Tuesday. PA Live! airs weekday afternoons on WBRE from 4:00 to 5:00.

Our PA Live! Blog of the Week this week is Independent NEPA  (http://independentnepa.com/component/content/frontpage).

"Print is dead," Harold Ramis's character announced in an oddly jarring and out-of-place line in 1984's Ghostbusters. Thirty years later, print is still with us. (Harold Ramis, sadly, is not; he passed away a few months ago.) In many cases, print survives by keeping one foot in the online world, creating a web presence that complements and is complemented by its print counterpart.

Independent NEPA is Northeastern Pennsylvania's independent magazine, available free of charge at many locations. You may have picked up a copy in a waiting room somewhere, or sought out a copy featuring people or events in NEPA that are important to you. Independent NEPA is the online counterpart to the magazine, presenting - in blog form - some of the content contained in the magazine. It's an excellent way of referencing information from past editions, or finding out about articles in the current edition and getting an incentive to seek out a hard copy.  (Coincidentally, the top article as I write this is a piece called "Print is not dead.")

If you'd like to see a great, locally-produced, independent magazine featuring articles by and about folks from Northeastern Pennsylvania, pick up a copy of Independent PA. If you'd like to see what this magazine is all about, check out their blog, Independent NEPA.

If you have a blog you would like us to link on NEPA Blogs, or know of a blog you think we should link, please let us know! You can always drop us a line at nepablogs@gmail.com!

About the header image, July 16, 2014

This past weekend's "Supermoon" was only marginally brighter and larger than last month's full moon, and next month's will be even bigger and brighter, but it would take some doing to detect the difference visually. Still, that didn't stop a lot of people from trying to see the difference. I got a few good pictures of the moon, just as I try to do every evening that there's a visible moon. But I had to shoot fast, in between huge banks of clouds drifting across the sky. I took the shot above in a fit of exasperation, trying to document what I was up against. I looked at the result and realized it looked pretty good anyway!


If you have a photo you'd like to see used as a header, send it to nepablogs@gmail.com.

PA Live! Blog of the Week: Reflections on a Lifetime in the Classroom

NEPA Blogs will be presenting the "Blog of the Week" on WBRE's PA Live! every Tuesday. PA Live! airs weekday afternoons on WBRE from 4:00 to 5:00.

Our PA Live! Blog of the Week this week is Reflections on a Lifetime in the Classroom
(http://www.mister-nick.com/_public_html/Blog/Blog.html)

Award-winning educator Leslie Nicholas of Kingston blogs about his experiences in the classroom. After a lifetime of teaching, he's seen a lot and learned quite a bit. Through his blog he's sharing his accumulated wisdom with students, fellow teachers, parents, and anyone else who cares to read!


If you have a blog you would like us to link on NEPA Blogs, or know of a blog you think we should link, please let us know! You can always drop us a line at nepablogs@gmail.com!

Past headers, Part 2

We've been changing the headers on NEPA Blogs at least once a week since May 2011. That's added up to a lot of header images in the Past headers post. Maybe too many! The past few times I tried posting headers there, it was all wonky. So I'm starting a second post to showcase the next three years or so of headers. Enjoy!

May 7, 2014

May 14, 2014

May 21, 2014

May 28, 2014

June 4, 2014

June 11, 2014

June 18, 2014

June 25, 2014

July 2, 2014

July 9, 2014

July 16, 2014

July 23, 2014

July 30, 2014

August 6, 2014

August 13, 2014

August 20, 2014

August 27, 2014

September 3, 2014

September 10, 2014

September 17, 2014

September 24, 2014

October 1, 2014

October 8, 2014

October 15, 2014

October 22, 2014

October 29, 2014

November 5, 2014

November 12, 2014

November 19, 2014

November 26, 2014

December 3, 2014

December 10, 2014

December 17, 2014

December 24, 2014

December 31, 2014

January 7, 2015

January 14, 2015

January 21, 2015

January 28, 2015

February 4, 2015

February 11, 2015

February 18, 2015

February 25, 2015

March 4, 2015

March 11, 2015 

March 18, 2015

March 25, 2015

April 1, 2015

April 8, 2015

April 15, 2015

April 22, 2015

April 29, 2015

May 6, 2015

May 13, 2015

May 20, 2015

May 27, 2015

June 3, 2015

June 10, 2015

June 17, 2015

June 24, 2015

July 1, 2015

July 8, 2015

July 15, 2015

July 22, 2015

July 29, 2015

August 5, 2015

August 12, 2015

August 19, 2015

August 26, 2015

September 2, 2015

September 9, 2015

September 16, 2015

September 23, 2015

September 30, 2015

October 7, 2015

October 14, 2015

October 21, 2015

October 28, 2015

November 4, 2015

November 11, 2015

November 18, 2015

November 25, 2015

December 2, 2015

December 9, 2015

December 16, 2015

December 23, 2015

December 30, 2015

January 6, 2016

January 13, 2016

January 20, 2016

January 27, 2016

February 3, 2016

February 10, 2016

February 17, 2016

February 24, 2016

March 2, 2016

March 9, 2016

March 16, 2016

March 23, 2016

March 30, 2016

April 6, 2016

April 13, 2016

April 20, 2016

April 27, 2016
(First used May 25, 2011)

May 4, 2016
(First used May 8, 2013)

May 11, 2016
(Originally used November 19, 2014)

May 18, 2016
(originally used April 15, 2015)

May 25, 2016

June 1, 2016
(originally used June 5, 2013)

June 8, 2016

June 15, 2016
(originally used June 26, 2013)

June 22, 2016
(originally used June 19, 2013)

June 29, 2016
(originally used July 4, 2012)

July 6, 2016
(originally used June 27, 2012)

July 13, 2016

July 20, 2016
(originally used June 4, 2014)

July 27, 2016
(originally used July 31, 2013)

August 3, 2016
(originally used August 8, 2012)

August 10, 2016
(first used August 12, 2015)

August 17, 2016
(originally used August 24, 2011)

August 24, 2016
(originally used August 27, 2014)

August 31, 2016

September 7, 2016

September 14, 2016

September 21, 2016

September 28, 2016

October 5, 2016

October 12, 2016

October 19, 2016

October 26, 2016

November 2, 2016
(also November 9, 2016)

November 16, 2016