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By Susan C. Ingram When I first saw the headline that a “Law and Order: Organized Crime” crew member was shot and killed recently in Brooklyn, while just sitting in a car doing his security job, I thought about how often film crews are put in dangerous situations—and not only the kind that make headline... Continue Reading →
Story and photos by Susan C. Ingram This weekend is, of course, the July 4th holiday, celebrating America’s independence from Great Britain. But it is also the 159th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863), a pivotal battle in the U.S. Civil War, which proved to be the so-called “high-water mark” of the... Continue Reading →
By Susan C. Ingram Tomorrow, May 27, 2022, is the 60th anniversary of the ignition of the Centralia, Pennsylvania, mine fire, which still burns today beneath what is left of the town (almost nothing) that once supported close to 3,000 people. That was in the late 1800s, at the height of the demand for Pennsylvania’s high-grade... Continue Reading →
New book illuminates ’70s horse racing industry and ill-fated jockey By Susan C. IngramBaltimore Style | May 10, 2022 Every year in spring, many a Baltimorean’s fancy turns to … no, not love. Horse racing! “Baltimoreans share certain enthusiasms like crabs and snowballs. One of the things I think that we all share is the... Continue Reading →
By Susan IngramBaltimore Style | December 28, 2021 Ever had a business idea you were sure would be a hit, but you never followed through with it? Well, next time listen to your gut. Donta and William Henson did, and their Baltimore-based Los Hermanos tequilas were winning international awards even before they hit the street.... Continue Reading →
By Susan IngramBaltimore Style | August 3, 2021Photos by David Stuck In 1871, the Civil War was a fresh memory. Ulysses S. Grant was president, and the first professional league baseball game was played in Indiana. That year, Dr. Charles A. Leas founded Glyndon on a 166-acre farm between Reisterstown and Worthington Valley on the Western... Continue Reading →
By Susan C. IngramOctober 5, 2020Save Journalism ProjectMedium.com After leaving my full-time reporting job at a Baltimore-area weekly in July 2019 to help my mom after a cancer diagnosis, I figured I could get by working as her aide and freelancing. Then the coronavirus pandemic hit, locking me out of caring for her and cutting... Continue Reading →
By Susan C. Ingram Entropy Magazine March 31, 2020 ‘Like being struck by lightning’ Sometimes in life we have epiphanies or pivotal moments that, looking back, we realize changed the course of our lives. The new course may steer us down a challenging, thorny path, but one we see in retrospect was the one best... Continue Reading →
By Susan C. Ingram I don’t remember how I came into possession of my great-aunt Anne’s diary, but I keep it in my office on a shelf with another family heirloom: a 1920 Underwood typewriter. I guess the universe was telling me to write about her one day. It is a tiny thing, the diary.... Continue Reading →
By Susan C. Ingram Originally published in Bluntly Magazine | Feb 15, 2020 Somewhere in the middle or even in the first third of “The Irishman” I started to feel uncomfortable. And not because of the language or the violence or the weirdness of everyone’s digital facelifts. Not even because of Robert DeNiro’s fake blue eyes... Continue Reading →
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