The Luzerne County Reassessment meetings wrap up at the end of this week. I attended the meeting at the Wyoming Valley West Middle School on April 3. I’ll pass along what I learned in case everyone living here passed up the chance to attend the free meetings. The guy who made the presentation at our […]
I was a juror in county court last week. This was the first time in all my years living here that I received a summons. It shames me to admit that the first thing I thought about was how to get out of it. Afterall, isn’t it part of the […]
Well, well, well. Aren’t we just the cream of the crop? Seems as though Pennsylvania has now become pretty important in the nation’s primary presidential elections. Just yesterday, Scranton was graced with a visit from the Grande Dame herself, Hillary Clinton. She’s got quite a lead on her opponent in our state polls, so she […]
On Saturday, January 19, I had the privilege of serving as a judge for the Ninth Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Open Speech & Debate Tournament at E.L. Meyers High School in Wilkes-Barre. Participating were students from 26 different schools! If you are familiar with the kids who participate in these teams, you will know […]
For a great laugh about living here, I am pleased to direct you to this link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sMI2jb16eo
Before you read about the folks who get credit, take the four minutes or so to watch it. Go ahead. I’ll wait. But come back when you’re done. You’ll want to find out more about these people!
What a delightful piece […]
I think of any retail place as “town”. I guess it goes back to when I was young girl and my mom would take me shopping, it was always called “going to town”. And “town” was only downtown Wilkes-Barre. She’d take me to the Kiddie Shoppe and Percy Browns and I just loved going […]
As far as interior and exterior decorating goes, we are at an odd seasonal time. Not quite winter, but getting colder, still not yet cold enough for the snow to have stuck around. It’s after Thanksgiving, but not yet December. I didn’t want to put away the autumn decorations. I love looking at them. I […]
I vividly remember singing that song as a child on the way to my grandparent’s house for Thanksgiving dinner every year. I probably sang it over and over for the duration of the drive from West Nanticoke to Chase as we back-tracked the path of Harvey’s Creek. This singing probably drove my parents crazy. Maybe […]
Just when I think that people might have forgotten, I am pleasantly reminded that the public is keenly aware of the sacrifices made by those who so willingly served their country. Veterans Day has been set aside as a holiday on both the state and federal level in our country. The date was assigned because […]
Almost everyone living here has enjoyed the lovely, long stretch of warm weather that launched this autumn. Until two weeks ago, I hadn’t really thought of summer as “over”. But last week, it hit me. I finally cut down the last of the flower beds and brought the outside chairs inside. It’s bittersweet. I’m sad […]