A place to see this season in Jim Thorpe, PA: The Old Jail Museum

I feel I have done a great disservice to readers.. I had a wonderful experience this weekend at a ‘haunted’ attraction and failed to do any in depth posting about it.. My apologies.. I am relatively close to the beautiful town  of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. If you are too, or willing to take a drive … Read moreA place to see this season in Jim Thorpe, PA: The Old Jail Museum

A debt ceiling on the Mondays.. News from around here, there, and beyond

MONDAY OCTOBER 14 2013Columbus Day.. (We still celebrate this?) It was an interesting weekend.. no budget deal yet.. but the weather in my neck of the wood sure was perfect. It almost makes financial disaster less scary when the skies are blue and the autumn breeze is warm. Nonetheless, calamnity may befall the nation this … Read moreA debt ceiling on the Mondays.. News from around here, there, and beyond

Pennhurst pains: You won’t see me paying to watch the children suffer

HAPPY VISIONS THAT NEVER WERE Every year I am approached by a friend who tells me they yearn to go to Pennhurst State hospital in Spring City, Pennsylvania.. and it seems, in turn, that I have to tell someone yearly of the true horror that happened at that location in the late 20th century, during … Read morePennhurst pains: You won’t see me paying to watch the children suffer