By MARYLYNNE PITZ, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

INDIANA, Pa. -- Here in this college town, stories about Jimmy Stewart, its beloved native son, the affable actor, Boy Scout and World War II bomber pilot, are so vivid that you feel as if he is still alive.

PITTSBURGH -- This round piece of stained glass, recessed into a ceiling on the third floor of Baker Hall, depicts the original logo that stained-glass master Louis Comfort Tiffany designed for Carnegie Mellon University.

The logo includes the year the university was founded and a famous statement Andrew Carnegie made in a letter to city leaders about his plans to start the school.

If the ease of e-mail has caused you to stop writing and sending thank-you notes on fine stationery, Kelly Browne's new book will inspire you to return to this increasingly rare but treasured form of communication.

There are green buildings, green cars, even green weddings. Now comes one of the latest, and ultimately last moves, environmentally conscious consumers can make -- green burials.

PITTSBURGH -- What do you do when you're stuck with your mom's cherished collection of 150 rooster figurines?

PITTSBURGH -- Janet Malloy met Santa for the first time when she was 3.