Monthly Archives: January 2012

I’m not writing this because Jesse Biddle was the Phillies #1 draft pick in 2010, 27th overall in the draft, drawing comparisons to the Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw.  Nor is he simply the most recent, young left-handed pitcher for the club … Continue reading →

If this doesn’t bring a tear to your eye, you don’t know it’s 31 days ’til pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training.  A time when everyone and everything is a bit more mellow, the game was a bit more … Continue reading →

What’s the bigger surprise, that Jay and Laya didn’t know about their wedding anniversary party this afternoon, or that it has been forty years already and the milestone is such a big number!  Actually there are a bunch of theories … Continue reading →

The Westmount Country Club.  Almost as beautiful and gracious as the bride.  And her family.  And the groom.  And his family.  Lovely venue for a wedding this Woodland Park is, its location no longer identified as “West Paterson”, having shed … Continue reading →

Backlit by the setting sun, clouds streak in the sky.  The soon-to-be-frozen lake serves as a canvas for the palette of colors above.  As if controlled by a rheostat, the moon hangs in the sky waiting to be revealed by … Continue reading →

  From the current issue of the Saturday Evening Post:  

… It will be replaced by the Nookstore. Aside from the increasingly rare yet charming small local bookstores, the demise of Borders leaves Barnes and Noble as the last standing major book chain.  The small chains like Joseph-Beth sadly have … Continue reading →