Had a great talk with members of Haddonfield’s 65 club yesterday. Told them all about what I do, the stories I’ve written, my book, Rocky Stories, and the fate of journalism. They had some great questions. I’m also speaking to Dan Rubin’s class at Penn on Monday and will talk about storytelling at a TARGETX conference on Thursday.
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Here is a link to my latest Inquirer story, about the fever sweeping through American retirement communities — Nintendo Wii bowling! http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/15917527.html
Got lots of incredible response from readers. Today I’m off to visit a 94 year old dance instructor — she turns 95 in two weeks — who has had the same students in some [...]

Got many wonderful responses from readers today to my story in the Philadelphia Inquirer: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/20080219_Guiding_each_other_and_others.html, This is a story about Bill McLaughlin, 86, and Dick Hughes, 85, who visited every museum they could find in the Philadelphia area — 203 and counting — as a way to help Bill deal with the grief after losing [...]