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A CHRISTMAS TALE
Certain Poor Shepherds, Scene 1: Nora Gallagher's very bad day
By Chris SatulloDecember 17, 2012
Today we resume a holiday tradition, the annual Christmas story by Chris Satullo and Tony Auth. This year's story, Certain Poor Shepherds, follows a young Philadelphia woman who befriends and tries to help an unusual old gentleman she meets on the street. More »
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A CHRISTMAS TALE
Certain Poor Shepherds, Scene 2: When Tony met Nora
By Chris SatulloDecember 18, 2012
In day 2 of the holiday fiction by Chris Satullo, with illustrations by Tony Auth, Nora Gallagher flees her office and visits Franklin Square, where she meets a most unusual fellow. More »
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A CHRISTMAS TALE
Certain Poor Shepherds, Scene 3: What friends are for
By Chris SatulloDecember 19, 2012
In Day 3 of "Certain Poor Shepherds," our Christmas tale by Chris Satullo and Tony Auth, the heroine, Nora Gallagher, plunges deeper into her entanglement with an odd, older fellow who calls himself Tony Razz. More »
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A CHRISTMAS TALE
Certain Poor Shepherds, Scene 4: Coffee, skee ball and brews
By Chris SatulloDecember 20, 2012
In day 4 of "Certain Poor Shepherds," our Christmas tale by Chris Satullo and Tony Auth, heroine Nora Gallagher finds out that being Tony Razzolini's friend is more complicated than she thought. More »
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A CHRISTMAS TALE
Certain Poor Shepherds, Scene 5: Tomato soup, good dirt and Amadeus
By Chris SatulloDecember 21, 2012
In Day 5 of "Certain Poor Shepherds," our Christmas tale by Chris Satullo and Tony Auth, our heroine Nora Gallagher visits her new, eccentric friend Tony Razzolini's apartment for lunch. More »
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A CHRISTMAS TALE
Certain Poor Shepherds, Scene 6: There arose such a clatter
By Chris SatulloDecember 21, 2012
In Day 6 of "Certain Poor Shepherds," our Christmas tale by Chris Satullo and Tony Auth, our heroine, Nora Gallagher, takes her eccentric new friend, Tony Razz, to a plush Christmas bash on the Main Line. More »
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A CHRISTMAS TALE
Certain Poor Shepherds, Scene 7: The stars, a hard truth, and a sweet surprise
By Chris SatulloDecember 24, 2012
In Day 7 of "Certain Poor Shepherds," our Christmas tale by Chris Satullo and Tony Auth, the story concludes with one parting and one joining. More »
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A look behind the scenes of 'Certain Poor Shepherds'
By Kimberly HaasDecember 19, 2012
Chris Satullo and Tony Auth joined NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller for a look behind the scenes at the making of "Certain Poor Shepherds." More »
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CENTRE SQUARE BLOG
Unpacking a box of memories, recalling an unusual friend
By Chris SatulloDecember 24, 2012
My wife and I, suburban empty-nesters, have been discussing a move to a Center City condo. "Listen, buster," she said to me one day. ("Buster" is what my beloved calls me when she's ordering me around.) "If you really want to sell this place, you're going to have to clean it up, starting with that storage room." Thus it was on one fall day I waded into our... More »

