If you know me, you know I’m a huge fan of Serge Bielanko. On top of being an outstanding songwriter and musician, Serge is one helluva writer. If you subscribe to his weekly Thunder Pie essays via Substack, you already know. If you don’t subscribe, you should. For the past couple of years, he has kindly agreed to let me run excerpts of his column every week. Here are the most-read instalments of the year:
1 | A Dark Hole In The Forest Full Of Bluegills
2 | Pink Wasp
3 | In The Streetlight Under The Monkey Ball Tree: Mini-Essays About Halloween
Thunder Pie | In The Streetlight Under The Monkey Ball Tree: Mini-Essays About Halloween
4 | Caught In The Attacks
5 | Kid Breath Blues
6 | The God of Ice Cream: Mini Essays about Overeating
Thunder Pie | The God of Ice Cream: Mini Essays about Overeating
7 | Night Bird
8 | The Old Deer Camp From The Mountain At Night
9 | Three Rainbows On A Stringer
10 | Kid In Philly
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Serge Bielanko lives in small-town Pennsylvania with an amazing wife who’s out of his league and a passel of exceptional kids who still love him even when he’s a lot. Every week, he shares his thoughts on life, relationships, parenting, baseball, music, mental health, the Civil War and whatever else is rattling around his noggin.