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I wrote this in the voice of the 140 “Keys for the City” pianos that have graced the streets of Lancaster for the past decade. It was published in the October 31, 2019 edition of LNP newspapers. When we announced in 2010, that 20 of us were going to station ourselves around the streets of […]

EVERY THREE OR FOUR YEARS IN LATE SPRING, OUR FAMILY WOULD BE SITTING AROUND THE DINNER TABLE AND MY HOPES AND DREAMS OF A FUN, CAREFREE SUMMER WOULD COME CRASHING DOWN WHEN MY FATHER WOULD ANNOUNCE, “KIDS, WE’RE GOING TO PAINT THE HOUSE THIS SUMMER.” The level of depression that would wash over me at