I hope that you had a cheerful and meaningful Christmas day yesterday.

I had a delightful Sunday-before-Christmas, followed by a particularly nice Christmas Eve which included Candlelight Service at my church, St Philips Lutheran, followed by a late Christmas Eve Special itle "One Christmas Story: People Rich in Spirit"  on location in Reading, ( Read more... )

Thanksgiving for the U.S. was Nov 22 2012.

My sort-of-Thanksgiving was Friday, Nov 23 2012.

In the Past.

My family would give a toast at the holidays each year which was more of a wish/prayer/hope for things to be better the following year. Sadly our desire for things to improve in the future never seemed to work out as we wanted. I lost my last ( Read more... )

(NaNo is short for National Novel Writing Month, which just happens to run Nov 1 to 30 each year. "NaNo is also a verb which can be defined as "to write and/or perform writing-related activities by participants in NaNoWriMo between Nov 1 & 30 ( Read more... )

Easy come, easy go. Or vice versa.

Not long after I wrote my previous blog entry last night, the power went out. That would have been about 12:45AM. Went, came back on for 5 seconds, then really went out. This is standard in this apt. Quite curious.

I tooled around lighting a handful of pre-placed tea lights in very safe places & turned on my ( Read more... )

Safe inside. :)

Issued by The National Weather Service
Mon, Oct 29, 2012, 4:37 PM EDT
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE RED CLAY CREEK AT WOODDALE. * UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON... OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 4:30 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS MISSING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET. * MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST... RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY ( Read more... )

Actually not that much ( Read more... )

Some short quotes w/ links. I've saved a couple of pix taken by residents within the last few hours. Looking for more, which I will post as I find them.

Ocean City & Somers Point

CBS 1PM report from Somers Point NJ. (Somers Pt is on the inland side of “the bay” or “sound” directly opposite Ocean City.) The reporter said they drove past Smitty’s ( Read more... )

Question:  If we call the hurricane "Sandy" rather than "Frankenstorm", will she play nice?
Probable Answer:  Get real!

Which is a problem for this fantasy-writer. ;-) Much as I wish otherwise, NOAA predictions still show the Mid-Atlantic's unwelcome guest heading right toward the southern Jersey shore--including my beloved Ocean City--shortly ( Read more... )

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http://www.google.com/mapmaker?ll=39.277616,-74.5746&spn=0.200384,0.291138&t=h&z=12&vpsrc=0&q=map+%22ocean+city+new+jersey%22&hl=en&source=gm_el

MapQuest:
http://www.mapquest.com/maps?cat=Grocery%20Stores&zipcode=08226-3336

link to webcams two on the boardwalk & one more at the north end of the island:
http://www.sunsetcam.com/cams/occams.html ( Read more... )