Monthly Archives: April 2017

The Blind Lady

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Roger Walck

Almost every day for years, I have seen a blind lady walk by my house from the window of my computer room, which faces the street.  She is a tiny woman, spry, and walking very briskly, swinging her long, white … Continue reading →

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The World’s Best Restaurant

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Roger Walck

The world’s best restaurant is almost within walking distance of my house.  How lucky is that? It is on Concord Pike, a little more than a mile from Exit 8N on I-95.   I know a restaurant rating is very … Continue reading →

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O’Sheehan City

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Roger Walck

I was reminiscing over the hundreds and hundreds of photos of Ocean City, I have stored on my computer, many of which were taken at the many mini-reunions we had there. The benches along the boardwalk have memorial plaques, which … Continue reading →

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High School Photos

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Roger Walck

Nancy Leith Musser sent me photos of my sister, three years older than me, that she clipped from our school newspaper, The Garnet and Gray.  My sister was once its student editor (she later died in her early 30s).  You … Continue reading →

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AtTheShore.com Continues To Grow

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Roger Walck

(Search for AtTheShore within this blog to see the many previous postings.) AtTheShore.com now has 76 live webcams along the Ocean City, NJ, boardwalk.  The latest additions cover the noticeable gap at the Music Pier.  One of the new views … Continue reading →

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Who Made the Liberty Bell?

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Roger Walck

“Liberty Bell,” Wikipedia. “The Liberty Bell,” this blog, 4/16/2017. Our own Fred Weinstein sent me photos he took on a trip to London in 2009 where the firm Whitechapel Bell Foundry claimed to be the manufacturer of the Liberty Bell.  … Continue reading →

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The Liberty Bell

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Roger Walck

“Saved By the Bell,” by Stephen Fried.  Smithsonian, 4/2017. (This was my starting point. As always, refer to the original for details and accuracy.) I know, I know—I just lost all of the Philadelphia readers.  Nobody in or around Philadelphia … Continue reading →

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The Search For Everlasting Life

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Roger Walck

“The God Pill,” by Tad Friend.  The New Yorker, 4/3/2017. When I was in my early 20s, the teenaged son of friends of my parents suddenly died of a stroke.  Everyone was shocked when the autopsy revealed the arteries in … Continue reading →

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Fare Collection On the Delaware River Bridge

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Roger Walck

Driving through Philadelphia and crossing over the Delaware River Bridge in the 1940s was always a family treat because we were either traveling to Ocean City for our two-week vacation, or to my aunt and uncle’s house on the river … Continue reading →

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Crossing the Finish Line In Life’s Amazing Race

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Roger Walck

I knew the new season of The Amazing Race was going to start, but I didn’t know what time or channel, so I asked “Cortana” to search for it.  (Cortana is Microsoft’s sophomoric  attempt to personalize the computer.)  Cortana didn’t … Continue reading →

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