Monthly Archives: January 2006

Fernwood Cemetery

Last summer, I visited Fernwood Cemetery at the intersection of Long Lane and Baltimore Pike in East Lansdowne where my great-grandparents are buried. It was the first time I was ever there, but visiting a cemetery was a common activity … Continue reading

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Bulletin or Inquire?

Remember when our world was divided between readers of the morning Inquire and the evening Bulletin?  Everyone was solidly one or the other.  Readers of the Daily News did not admit it. The Bulletin, my family’s tradition, came out in … Continue reading

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Seeing the Forrest

I have been lifeguarding part-time at a local community pool for about twenty years and I love it. Each shift is 2-4 hours and I talk to over a dozen people on each shift. The conversations are short.  A listener … Continue reading

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Found Classmates

Thanks to members of LAHS Class of 1956, I have found Wanda Anderson, now living in Broomall, Betty Nawn, in Prospect Park, Lynne Wheeler, was in Pensacola, now Atlanta, and Gwen Gentile, a gynecologist traveling between Harrisburg and New York.  … Continue reading

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Ocean City Web Cam

The web site sunsetcam.com shows real-time views of the Ocean City boardwalk. Don’t ask me why they name it “Sunset,” because, being on the east coast, it shows the sun rise.  When you go there, click on “Ocean City”  and … Continue reading

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New Year’s Eve

I spent this New Year’s Eve exactly as I have for about the past 40 years: in the shower. I go in a few minutes before midnight and step out into the new year naked and clean .  My life has been so … Continue reading

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