Lucretia Lester of Southold, Long Island, who practiced midwifery from 1745 until 1779 was “respected as nurse and doctoress to the pains and infirmities incident to her fellow mortals, especially her own sex. She was . . . conspicuous… Continue reading

Time for the big soccer tournament. A two day event here in Caroline County. The weather is predicted to be quite nice for this time of the year.The fields have been striped and the concession stands erected. Let the games… Continue reading

I went last evening for what may be the final time Trick or Treating. The grandkids are just too old for next year. Mark, went in his costume I think more because it would be his last year, than the… Continue reading

Yesterday I wrote about a person from my past. In reading the comments about this person a few things became evident. Some people disliked this person, a lot. Others found this person amusing and some were somewhere in the middle.… Continue reading

Yesterday I wrote about seeing my life in chapters. I spoke of character development and plot. But there are also the characters in my life that I had nothing to do with other than to observe. I interacted with these… Continue reading

I have reached that point in my life where I begin to see it in chapters. There were the early years, school days and young adulthood. There were the middle ages too. Those days were a bit turbulent, at least… Continue reading

A television commercial for Capital One caught my attention. I had to wait and listen carefully the second and third times to be sure I heard correctly. Towards the end of their spiel the salesman says, ” you get that… Continue reading

It seems to me in our haste to educate, and make our children grown up, we are missing an important element. That element goes by several names, nurturing, care, tend, rear, look after, support, promotion, fostering or development. We are… Continue reading

In doing the family tree one encounters obstacles. Most can be overcome with enough research and searching for the facts. There are those things that will never be completely known or understood. Those are the things that were taken to… Continue reading

What are the things that stir your passions ? Politics, religion, hot button issues, or the daily news ? Those items, when mentioned, you just cannot resist making a comment on or voicing your opinion. There are a few for… Continue reading