A Message … in the Walls

Our family recently had a great surprise. My mom was having a bathroom in her home refurbished. The workman pulled … More

Oh happy (wedding) day!

We’re coming up on a week since my son Pete and Marissa got married and, I have to say, it … More

My family moved one town over, from Hazlet to Matawan, in 1973, when I was in first grade. It was … More

I was a pretty independent teenager. When I graduated college, I moved away from home — to Delaware, Maine and … More

I’ve reached 56. Not a milestone. I did 55 last year. Lots of people told me the ol’ double-nickel was … More

I was going through a photo album from 1968 made up of photos mostly taken by my father-in-law, and it … More

It’s been a few weeks since Virginia’s mom, Rosalie Kirk, passed away. After a trip to Maine, during which Virginia … More

OK, so it’s been a while (4 months), but I changed jobs, got busy and looked up to realize the … More

We decided on our family trip to Italy more than a year, and have been actively planning it for 6 … More

Virginia’s cousin Mary Plaine came (via train from Maryland) and visited us this weekend. We went to the Pennsylvania Academy … More

Today is my Uncle Tom Stansfield’s birthday. He would be 87. The fact he passed away last year (June 14, … More