Archive for April, 2007

Filed Under (Storytelling, Uncategorized) by michael on April-12-2007

These are some of the comments from readers regarding my Easter 2007 story on the Rev Elinor R. Greene, better known as Nellie. Readers are amazingly kind. I received more than 50 calls and emails. These are but a few:
I am sure you have received many accolades for your story about Rev. Greene. I would [...]



Filed Under (Favorite Stories) by michael on April-12-2007

The Rev. Elinor R. Greene - Nellie to all who know her - was hard at work in February on a Lenten sermon for Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church, where she is an ordained deacon.
She propped her broken body against the left armrest of her wheelchair, and, with her right hand, she typed.
Her fist was [...]



Filed Under (Uncategorized) by michael on April-7-2007

We’re off to DC today to celebrate my 50th birthday, the first round. Danny, Larry, my mother, my wife and children and my best man and his wife will gather for dinner — and Mom’s treating! Should be fun.
And I have a big story in the Inquirer on Easter Sunday, tomorrow, about the remarkable Nellie Greene. [...]