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Scenes on a snowy day

Dec 19, 2009 11:20am

Our house from across the street ~ want to buy it?? Jim trying to open Linda F’s gate ~ we finally went around to the garage where we had the garage door opener 1 PM in the afternoon ~ impress you?? Outdoor dining anyone? Not today. . . . . . . and...

Mother’s 90th Birthday Celebration, part two

Dec 7, 2009 8:35am

With cards and supplies for Mother’s party shipped to California, it was time for us to follow them! We left Philly mid-morning on Sunday and arrived around 6PM in Ontario, California to a greeting via the pilot “welcoming Blaine’s father back home!” Yup, our son was on duty at the...

Mother’s 90th Birthday Celebration, part one

Dec 7, 2009 8:19am

As many of you know, I tackled the challenge of planning a 90th Birthday Party for Mother, rather hesitantly. Mother lives in California; I live in Pennsylvania. How on earth could I possibly do this? I procrastinated, I hemmed and hawed around and I had no idea what I was...

Why I’ve Been a Fan of the Yankees

Oct 28, 2009 12:12pm

in 1955 the New York Yankees took a six week tour playing exhibition games in Hawaii, Guam and Japan. Any of my readers remember that? or ever heard of it? I have never forgotten it. I was 12 years old and lived on Guam. We looked forward to this game...

Family Reunions?

Sep 1, 2009 7:29pm

The word “Family” can be either all encompassing as in all your relatives that share the same surname and same set of ancestors, or it can mean the family unit which nurtured you, the people you shared a home with. I was born and raised overseas. My father was a Civil...

Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way . . .

Jul 21, 2009 6:08am

The word “WILL,” as defined by Dictionary.com As a verb: to give or dispose of (property) by a will or testament, bequeath or devise. to influence by exerting power to wish, desire or like and as a noun: the act or process of using or asserting one’s choice; volition a legal declaration of a person’s wishes as...

Day Trippin’ Through Central Pennsylvania

Jul 1, 2009 7:31pm

We , being a spontaneous duo, decided to take off for parts unknown on Wednesday. We had no idea where we were heading or where we would end up, but knew we’d start at Woodward Hill Cemetery where I had to check some very hard to read inscriptions. After checking this...

Lancaster’s New Convention Center!

Jun 21, 2009 6:39pm

Yes! After many, many years of hearing about it, reading about it, and finally watching it rise, floor by floor, it is open for business! Lancaster County Convention Center and Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square had it’s open house for the community today and we were there! The facade of the old Watt and...

One Hundred Years ago on West James Street

Jun 19, 2009 4:57am

Yes, this post card was mailed 100 years ago! It was sent from Lancaster to Middletown, Pennsylvania, a drive today of perhaps 45 minutes. We would never dream of sending a postcard to somebody in Middletown today ~ we’d call them, text them, e-mail them or even drive to see...

Her Brain Instantly Died . . .

Jun 16, 2009 11:14am

While catching up on paperwork today and posting obituaries I came across this one. Something in it instantly jumped out at me! Before her marriage she taught school and she was a woman of marked intelligence??? I’m sorry, I don’t buy it. ...