Winnah, winnah, lobstah dinnah!

By Brendan O’Meara

Years of being a bridesmaid in several awards categories (two second place Keystone Awards and an honorable mention for the Eclipse Award for feature writing in horse racing) I finally brought home a blue ribbon, or a gold medal Keystone Press Award in the business/consumer category.

Listen.

Awards are largely capital B capital S, but they put fuel in the tank. It means, on some level, that respected peers value your work. For story people like myself, we need the occasional jolt of peer approval.

Oh…here’s the story about a 170-year-old dairy farm in Tioga County, PA. And you thought I only wrote about the sports and the ball games and the pretty little horses.