Travel, Culture & Personal Journeys

I especially like writing and reporting stories with a historical or nostalgic perspective. Here are a few of them.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Sixty Years On, We Still Can't Quit 'The Twilight Zone

Sixty years ago this month, one of the most enduring products of television's "golden age" began its final season in first-run. When creator Rod Serling wrote his already iconic prologue, he never dreamed, even in his fertile imagination, that his "Twilight Zone" would become, in his own words, "as timeless as infinity."

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Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling, 1963.  Photo: CBS


LIVING

Enduring the Agony of Losing a Pet

Why it hits us so hard and why it's important to push through the grief.

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Sarah Bang with her cat, Bastet . Photo: Courtesy of Sarah Bang


TRAVEL & ADVENTURES

Being Atticus Finch

A sentimental journey to an icon of American literature and cinema.

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In this autographed photo, Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch in the courtroom scene from the 1962 film. In the upper right, Jem and Scout peer over the railing at their father.  Photo: Old Courthouse Museum