If you follow my posts at all you know that we have a very select group of cousins from Home PA that are the Skunk Hollow Girls.  We have outings and get-togethers and Christmas parties and are a very close…

It seems like over the last few weeks there has been a lot going on – lots of ordinary but spectacular things.  I think it started back at Ligonier Days – when I was asked to join Ellen Smail and…

This morning, in the gray hours before dawn, – October 13th – my sister took her first solo walk in probably ten years.  There was no prancing tan dog to sniff along the yards’ edges, and no leashes to worry…

It’s been a long time coming, but here we are at the end of the Philly trip.  It was very hard to say goodbye, and I’d have loved having another couple of days to tramp around through history.  But all…

After a late night at Longwood Gardens (definitely worth it!), it was a slow start on Friday morning.  But we did it, and were on our way in good time.  My friend Ron insisted that no trip to Philly would…

This past weekend Camp Christian hosted Women’s Retreat for ‘girls’ of all ages.  It’s a chance to get together with women of like faith to attend workshops, eat, sing around a campfire under the stars, eat, watch skits and character…

After our yummy lunch we headed to Longwood Gardens.  I had no idea what to expect, but it was amazing!  I have never seen the likes of these gardens, and the conservatory was endless!  Every time we went through a…

Day three was an adventure-packed day, so much so that I’m splitting it into two posts.  We got up early and headed directly to Valley Forge.  We were greeted by George himself seated on his trusty mount, then we went…

Wow, what a weekend!  I was never popular, or even very comfortable, as a high school student, but I suddenly found myself enjoying the celebration of 50 years since graduation!  In June of 1968 our graduating class of well over…

Three days before I turned seventeen I walked into Bud Smail Lincoln Mercury and began my career in the automobile industry.  My aunt worked there as a bookkeeper and asked me to help out for the summer.  I would be…