Penns Creek: Some Videos
I have accumulated a ton of short videos from recent years wandering Penns Creek. Like my business card chronology, everyone has a story, and maybe someday I will tell some of them, but for now, it’s enough to put them here so others can enjoy the scene. This is February through June of 2021. This […]
The Delaware River at Lambertville, NJ Wing Dam – August 2020
I parked way back in the lot by the Lambertville Station and found my way to the Delaware River right below the Lambertville Wing Dam. The water was clear and only up a little from recent rain. Evidence of mayhem was all around, however. The ginormous slab of dock or whatever that is jammed up […]
Canoeing the Delaware River – July 2020
Andy, Donny, and I rented canoes at Edge of the Woods Outfitters and put in at Smithfield Beach. This was the scene as an underwater meadow of waving Vallisneria quietly slipped beneath and waved around us in all directions. We “floated” downriver into a steady headwind all day.
Selective Memory
On Remembering 9/11 So let me get this straight. On this day for the past 18 years, we take time to remember the 2,977 people who were murdered in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Those Saudi terrorists really pissed us off, right? So much so that we went to war with a related […]
Who Serves the Best Oatmeal in My Neighborhood?
I need breakfast, and since pancakes and sausage, or a sausage McMuffin with egg every day are bound to eventually kill me, oatmeal is my go-to superfood for starting the day off right. I prefer oatmeal, prepared simply, with a tablespoon of brown sugar, a dash of cinnamon, and an ounce or two of milk […]
A Chronology of My Business Cards
There are plenty of stories behind each of these business cards, none of which I’m prepared go into in great detail today. Airmen in the US Air Force were not given business cards in 1980, nor were kitchen workers at Frankford Hospital in 1977, cooks at Arthur Treacher’s Fish & Chips in 1976, or custodial […]
A Tree Grows in Parkwood Manor
A couple of months ago, a knock at the door introduced my parents to the National Forest Service’s Forest Inventory and Analysis project, an effort by the Service to identify and memorialize notable urban trees across the United States.
My Catherine Victorson Trout Paintings
Through the serendipity of the Internet and my long friendship with Betsy Otter Thompson, I was able to become the proud owner of three spectacular paintings by artists Catherine Victorson. I don’t know the artist’s name for the three pieces yet, but I’ll let you know when I find out. I’m looking for framing ideas […]
Veterans Square Monument in Lower Makefield to be dedicated Sunday
The Veterans Square Monument will be dedicated this coming Sunday, November 9, 2014. Click here to download all the info you need. The dedication parade will start at 1 p.m. at Edgewood Road and Long Acre Lane, then head west along Edgewood Road to the monument at Veterans Square where the dedication ceremony will […]
The Election is Over But We’re Not Finished – End Government Gridlock
The 2012 election cycle has come to its merciful end, but that doesn’t mean our work as concerned citizens is finished. There’s one more thing we can do, and I want to make this as easy as possible for you. If you are as exhausted as I am with the gridlock in government, then let […]