My readers probably know that since last year’s election, I have become a bit of an activist. There are so many things to protest, where is a woman to start? Women’s issues, healthcare, financial regulations, voter’s rights, jobs, taxes, the environment . . . and so it goes. In March I met with a few friends and made a suggestion: we should hold our own march. I’m not sure at the time that they believed it would happen, but it did. With the tremendous support of my husband and a few good friends, we pulled it off. And so was born the Climate March Pottstown. Continue reading
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From barns to birdhouses
This is Jack Jones. He spent a career as a logistics manager in the corporate world. Now he buys the useful bits of old Pennsylvania barns and houses and makes one of a kind birdhouses. We met him a few weeks ago and bought the birdhouse he is holding on the left in the picture above. It has a glass doorknob from a Victorian era home. Continue reading
The Big Dig: A drill, a trench and four holes
Early last week the crew arrived with a drill and set up in my front yard to drill two big holes. You need 640 feet of hole in the ground for a geothermal system. This is one more step in our quest for energy neutrality. Despite having one of the largest houses on the block, we should soon have one of the smallest utility bills. Continue reading

