Last night, I turned on an air conditioner for the first time this year. It made groaning noises; produced no cold air; and then played dead. Looks like I have a new first thing to do today item.
My instincts told me the fan blades weren’t turning. To verify this, I peeked through the side vents [...]
Apology follows: to the many eating places not mentioned in this blog: I’m sorry I’ll not be mentioning the other quality breakfast/lunch spots, coffee shops and bar/restaurants in Downingtown, PA. To help make my point, I’m focusing on our dominant food outlets and the newer interlopers.
For the better part of my life, Downingtown, PA was mostly a deli/pizza town. [...]
I backed into Twitter during my growth as an Internet communicator. I was doing emails and blogs with some regularity but once on Twitter, I found it far too easy to apply my efforts to its 140 keystrokes discipline.
With Twitter, I could enlighten the world to my real time activities no matter how mundane. There are no [...]
Has the spotlight at long last shifted from boomers to the next generations? This may have happened years ago, but boomers give up this stage with such reluctance that it’s hard to tell. Like with most things in the circle of life, it’s time.
I first noticed a shift in trivia contests when the percentage of questions geared to [...]
In 1978, Bud Bruton had an idea. He saw how well his home borough of Downingtown, PA received the bicentennial celebration and believed it was time to revive a local celebration called Good Neighbor Day.
The former event was staged to coach natives into staying home during the Independence Day holiday. I don’t remember when it started, [...]