Emma Baylock March 3, 1931 – May 1, 2025 Resident of Estero, FL and Ebensburg, PA Emma Louise Baylock, 94, passed away peacefully on May 1, 2025. Emma was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 68 years, Dr. Adrian Baylock; infant daughter, Ruth Ann; parents Tony and Ruth (Leary) Sunseri; and brothers Robert and Tom. Emma is lovingly remembered by her six children, 20 grandchildren, and 21 great-grandchildren: Lou Ann (Philip Cater),Continue reading “Emma Louise Baylock”
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June 13, 2020
My ancestral home sat neatly on Elderwood Drive. It was precisely one mile from the downtown Dairy Dell and the sights, sounds, and smells of the Cambria County Fairgrounds annually crept through the upstairs bathroom window. The U-shaped street (which made a P when you threw in Hillcrest) seemed to go on forever on footContinue reading “June 13, 2020”
June 11, 2020
Trash talks. When I listen, I hear its story. I’m drawn into the developing plot as I trudge deeper into the Sticks where bits of broken iPhone cases and Starbucks cups slowly secede to Bud Light and snuff cans, evicted tenants of Priuses and Pickups. No happy ending though, just bunnies and such asking why.
June 9, 2020
Ironically, in this town it’s never sweater weather. My hometown was constantly cold. The daily specials on our weather menu included fresh flurries, frozen-bone winds, dim sun, endless refills of rain, all with a side of chilly. The Ebensburg Borough Pool was more like an athlete’s ice bath, where we trained unwittingly for a PolarContinue reading “June 9, 2020”
June 7, 2020
These back roads skirting Denton remind me of the rural routes I saw growing up in Western Pennsylvania. Those asphalt labyrinths, dotted by modest farmhouses and fortified by huge swaths of rolling green and brown, snaked for endless miles. Many memories were made on those buckling ups and downs, like bouncing wildly on the innerContinue reading “June 7, 2020”
Alan Baylock 