It was an ordinary day. Sitting in front of my TV, reading the morning Sunday News with my wife sitting a few feet away from me with her iPhone in her hand, doing some searching on the web. All of a sudden she said, "Hey...you were picked by Kevin Landis as Best Local History Blogger on the Internet on his Facebook page "Lancaster PA in photos, Video, etc." I instantly clicked on the link to the site and sure enough, there was his Facebook page which I have been reading daily for years. I have enjoyed Kevin's Facebook page and have used some of his pictures and stories as a basis for the research about topics I have written about. Great that we can both use some of the same antique photographs to tell much the same story, but in different manners and through the eyes of two different administrators. It was back on September 2, 2009 that I wrote my first blog story that I titled "The White Rat." Its was about a box full of white rats that my Grandpap had bid on at a local farmer's market in Lancaster, Pennsylvania for me when I was about 10 years old. He won the bid and my blog became history. Since that first story in 2009, I have penned 4,678 stories about everything imaginable I have encountered in my life. As you may have read, I wrote a story yesterday about my Granddaughter, Camille graduating from high school in nearby Maryland. Most of my stories are history related, thus Mr. Landis' pick for Best Local History Blogger. I'm not quite sure how long Kevin has been publishing his Facebook page about Lancaster's history, but I have made good use of it for a few years. If you might be interested in the history of Lancaster County and surrounding area, check out his Facebook page which you can access at... "Lancaster PA in photos, Video, etc." I'm sure you will enjoy it if you have any interest in history. And, you won't find a larger collection of historical photographs of Lancaster County, PA anywhere. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.
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