Treasure hunting: It’s yard sale season
‘One man’s trash is another man’s treasure’ From the Editor As I drove my kids from house to house all those Saturday mornings, I never told them we were yard saling to save money. Rather, we were treasure hunting! Who knows what kind of great stuff we might...‘Take me out to the ballgame’
From the Editor With spring in the air, children throughout South Jersey are grabbing their bats and mitts and heading to the ball field; some returning and some for the very first time. Parents and grandparents will fill the bleachers to cheer them on, marveling at...April is Autism Awareness Month
From the Editor Autism awareness has been front and center in our lives since 1994, when our first-born child, James (Jamie), was born. Today one in every 36 children in the United States is diagnosed with autism. That is up from one in 44 the previous year, and up...Spring in to holiday celebrations
From the Editor Birds are chirping, the trees are budding, and the sun shines until 7 p.m. Daffodils with their yellow trumpets announce “We made it!” Spring has sprung. I am especially fond of the yellow forsythia bushes. Like clockwork every year at this time, it...Reflections on the fading glory of malls
From the Editor As a teen, nothing could replace the classic 1980s shopping mall. Brands like Guess and Express drew me in like a moth to a flame. Wished-upon pennies plopped into atrium fountains. The alluring, buttery scent of an Auntie Anne’s pretzel still brings...
