Susan Fleming Morgans

Free-lance writer, editor

United States

I am a journalist who spent most of my career as public information officer (PIO) for Mt. Lebanon, PA, where I oversaw all internal and external municipal communications. An important (and favorite) part of my job was serving as editor in chief of the award-winning community magazine, founded in 1981 and one of the first such books in the country. Now retired, I am enjoying freelancing and can write for print or online about any topic ranging from medical, business, and planning/development to art and architecture, home decor, food and personality profiles.

Portfolio
Pittsburgh Quarterly
A Skiing Reverie - Pittsburgh Quarterly

When life events overwhelm me - family health issues, major expenses, needless arguments - I dream about skiing. For me, there is no better escape than soaring down a slope with nothing on my mind other than my next rhythmic turn. Skiing is great therapy, even in a dream.

Table Magazine
09/08/2022
Bloom Boom

Roses, daffodils, daisies. Poppies, marigolds, buttercups. From Shakespeare and Wordsworth to Kurt Cobain and Katy Perry, poets and songsters have chronicled the role of flowers in the circle of life. Whether simple wildflowers in a Mason jar, cascading blossoms in a bridal bouquet, or a basket of blooms to cheer a friend, flowers speak.

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09/27/2019
Take a Risk, for Goodness Sake!

The poetic image in Robert Frost's "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening," which I first read in eighth grade, enchanted me.

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07/06/2019
SoCal Gal Makes a Pitt Stop

Would a So-Cal gal come to Pittsburgh for college? Doubtful, I thought, when my sister-in-law, Cindy, who at 70-plus is raising her granddaughter, called to say they'd be coming here from La Jolla, Ca., for college visits. Always up for a challenge, our extended family signed on to recruit Sidney.

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04/02/2019
I Can Ski Clearly Now

For more than 50 years, I have been a good skier-no Lindsay Vaughn (although I have had injuries}-but good enough to take on just about any hill except a bumpy double black diamond. Last year when we went on our annual family trip to Steamboat, Colorado, however, I felt tentative.

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03/25/2019
Travel Travail: Coulda Been Worse!

Before last week, the worst travel "disaster" I had experienced, was the airline losing my bags in Paris for five days, which meant wearing the same back pants and black sweater every day-actually a fashion statement in the City of Lights. I vowed then to always wear black when traveling.

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06/13/2019
Who's the Sap Now?

"Only God can make a tree," as the dubiously talented Joyce Kilmer preached in the sing-song rhyme many of us recited in elementary school.But only "fools like me, " also referenced by Kilmer, would allow a junk maple sapling become a towering house umbrella that annually carpeted our deck with green squiggles and helicopters (you know, the seed pods you stick on your nose).

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08/04/2019
Take My Breath Away...

Inspirational plaques in a vacation rental home leads a baby boomer to reflect on how best to deal with the good, the bad and the ugly moments in life.

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01/25/2019
Tudor Transformation

The good thing about having the biggest and most beautiful house in the neighborhood, maybe even in Mt. Lebanon, is that you can entertain a lot. The good thing about having the biggest and most beautiful house in the neighborhood, maybe even in Mt. Lebanon, is that you can entertain a lot.

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08/28/2019
Sporting News: You're the Worst Ever!

Play football? Ski? Dance? You might be the best on field or stage but end up with the worst whatever your doc has ever seen!

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10/30/2019
Soap Gets in Your Eyes

Not much and everything has changed over four decades of "The Young and the Restless?" But can soap operas survive cell phones?