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What would they say?
After losing a bet on the 2025 NCAA basketball championship this past year to a dear friend of my dad's, we met up for Mineo's Pizza, and...
pittghosthunter36
Jul 305 min read
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Riding to Remember
On top of an unsuspecting hillside just outside of Denver, Colorado, lies a dark and unforgettable secret. As I started my summer...
pittghosthunter36
Jul 145 min read
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You've got a Friend in Me
Tim and I post-game The song by Randy Newman, made famous by the original Toy Story movie, played along in my mind as I considered how...
pittghosthunter36
May 204 min read
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Blood, Sweat, and Memory Triggers: New Homeownership.
No, it's not a new musical group; it is what being the new owner of a home comes with. Recently, I bought a house with help from my mom...
pittghosthunter36
May 105 min read
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Life isn't fair
Fourth of July family outing to Fallingwater Life isn't fair. I am about a week shy of closing on my first home and am reminded of his...
pittghosthunter36
Apr 56 min read
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Not your average Notre Dame Fan
(Jim Woll, a Notre Dame graduate and sports fan, and I at a Pitt basketball game vs Eastern Kentucky) The motivation to write this post...
pittghosthunter36
Dec 314 min read
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Never Not Forget Yinz
Cooper Alan recently came out with a song called "Never Not Forget You," but this is the Pittsburgh version of that story for those we...
pittghosthunter36
Dec 7, 20248 min read
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Almost One Full Year
It has almost been a whole year since my father passed away. This past year without my dad has been challenging. In the last year, I lost...
pittghosthunter36
Oct 18, 20244 min read
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Dog spelled backwards is God
This is the tale of Augusta Cyprus Boughner. Never in my life had I ever envisioned my parents getting a dog, and I also didn't expect a...
pittghosthunter36
Sep 12, 20245 min read
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Climbing with Greg
Remember in the movie with Will Ferrell, Stepbrothers, where they clean their bedroom and put in bunk beds? Their famed statement of "now...
pittghosthunter36
Jul 20, 20244 min read
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Breakfast with Bob
One of the most important lessons I have learned in my grief journey is to keep my dad's memory alive. I have to continue relationships...
pittghosthunter36
Jun 28, 20243 min read
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You only get one
This post concerns Father's Day and the men who have mentored me since my father passed. During a ski trip earlier this year, my cousin...
pittghosthunter36
Jun 10, 20246 min read
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Initial Grief: Six Months of Lessons
By AJ Boughner It has officially passed six months (11/20/2023) since my dad left us for a higher calling. We have been told in our...
pittghosthunter36
May 24, 202410 min read
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Subtle Messages from Above
After my dad’s passing, we began having hints from above that someone was watching over us. Whoever, you as the reader believes in, I...
pittghosthunter36
May 22, 20246 min read
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There's no crying in ... golf?
Yesterday, two friends of my late father hosted an event in his memory and gave us the surprise of a lifetime. This was the inaugural...
pittghosthunter36
May 5, 20247 min read
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Water-rupt
(abandoned homes in the desert) Water-rupt is the story about a failed housing development in the desert of Arizona where the developers...
pittghosthunter36
Apr 17, 20246 min read
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Opening Week: Stadium Series Part 1
Opening Day 2024 of the Major League Baseball season saw the Pirates in Miami, Florida to take on the Miami Marlins at LoanDepot Park....
pittghosthunter36
Apr 15, 20246 min read
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Root, root, root for our home team!
Growing up as a Pirates fan, after every home win for the Pirates, the title of this post would start to play out of the loudspeakers....
pittghosthunter36
Mar 26, 20248 min read
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Forma: Pasta. Tasta: good Italian food.
After a meetup hike to Sewickley Heights Borough Park in Sewickley, PA, I found my stomach rumbling and I looked for cafe options around...
pittghosthunter36
Mar 11, 20249 min read
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Whiskey and Grief in Carl's Bar
The title could be a new country music song, but let me share that my cousin Carl has a speakeasy in his basement and loves to experiment...
pittghosthunter36
Mar 10, 20247 min read
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