Author Archives: Austin Gisriel

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About Austin Gisriel

You know the guy that records a baseball game from the West Coast in July and doesn't watch it until January just to see baseball in the winter? That's me. I'm a writer always in search of a good story, baseball or otherwise.

One Can Only Imagine

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Austin Gisriel

The National D-Day Memorial and the town of Bedford are places that force the imagination to engage. This was especially true on Thursday, during the Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of D-Day. The first plane to fly over was a … Continue reading →

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D-Day Arrives in Marsh Point

Posted on June 5, 2019 by Austin Gisriel

Seventy-five years ago tomorrow morning, Americans up and down the East Coast awoke–or were awakened by–the news that the Allies had begun the invasion of Fortress Europe by landing troops on the beaches of Normandy. (Of course, folks on the … Continue reading →

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Bob Hope and D-Day

Posted on May 23, 2019 by Austin Gisriel

It is easy to imagine the excitement that Americans felt on the morning of June 6, 1944, rising as they did to news that the Allied Expeditionary Force had landed on the Normandy beaches. It was a quiet excitement, however; … Continue reading →

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D-Day: Remembered and Re-lived

Posted on May 16, 2019 by Austin Gisriel

The 75th Anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy–D-Day–will occur three weeks from today. D-Day was the turning point in the war in Europe; some have gone so far as to say that June 6, 1944 was the most crucial … Continue reading →

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Discovering the Origins of The Bump. Possibly

Posted on May 10, 2019 by Austin Gisriel

I may have solved a mystery of history while conducting research for the final installment of The Secret of Their Midnight Tears trilogy, which will debut later this year. I just may have discovered the origin of a dance called, … Continue reading →

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Stompin’ at the Virtual Savoy

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Austin Gisriel

Coming off a fun-filled, dance-filled weekend at York, Pennsylvania’s Valencia Ballroom, I was especially excited to receive this notice regarding Harlem’s famous Savoy Ballroom. Read on, even if you’re not a dancer because this is a story that will fascinate … Continue reading →

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Knowing Famous People

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Austin Gisriel

I would bet that more “everyday” people have a connection to famous person than one might realize. After all, most famous people attend high school and college. They grow up somewhere, play recreation soccer, work at McDonald’s during a summer … Continue reading →

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2019 MLB Predictions!

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Austin Gisriel

Regular reader Dick Snyder asked me to make predictions for the 2019 baseball season, which is always a dicey endeavor, but here they are! (Yes, I take requests.) The American League seems to be a pretty predictable affair. Both the … Continue reading →

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Amazing!

Posted on March 12, 2019 by Austin Gisriel

There are many things in this world that never cease to amaze me. Some of them are good, and some of them are bad: The first crocuses of spring How a big fat bird can light on the thinnest of … Continue reading →

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Anyone Remember Snider’s Catsup?

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Austin Gisriel

As regular readers of this blog know, I enjoy looking through old magazines to see what folks were interested in during any given month and year. This is especially helpful in constructing fictional characters because those old periodicals provide subjects … Continue reading →

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