Tips From CruiseDivaNJ, Windsor Crown Travel. For Newbie Cruisers, What you need to know.
A mother used to walking carefully over toys and toys and toys and toys, finally sees the floor of her living room for the first time!
A child of the late 60's ponders a new movement...
It's exactly 200 years since regularly scheduled steam ferry service began right here in New Jersey. Two centuries later boats still transport thousands daily.
Cyberspace is the new Heaven. It is full of gadgets. Personally, I want to go elsewhere. Back to the land.
When you really "get" the point of pink ribbons....
A bit of pre-election angst.
Traffic websites are an increasingly useful way to check out your trip before you leave. Here's a look at several sites that can help you avoid delays.
The car may be king in New Jersey, but trains serve a significant number of riders and are a great option when your automobile isn't the best choice.
The mega-scale institutions of our society tend to be unaccountable and irresponsible. The solution is to move in the direction of scaling down and re-localizing life.
The panic that ensues when the schedule changes...without warning...empty nest time!
Before this Mom becomes "Un-Cool", she relishes in all the possibilites made available to her.
Everyone dreams of running away to join the circus. The wine version of this fantasy takes place on October 15, 2011. This year's Wine Event embraces circus silliness, you be could be a participant.
Being a mom is always tricky...but mothering a girl?
Cohousing strives to create sustainable lifeways where people feel grounded, comfortable, and supported; where people feel at home in a very stable community and in a cherished place-on-earth.
Cyber-Criminal tactics always seem to spike in the wake of disasters. The Department of Homeland Security has issued a warning, and these are some tips to keep us all safe.
A pension used to be a common benefit. Over the last thirty years private companies have induced employees to rely, instead, on personal asset reserves as the basis of retirement income.
After reading the campaign pieces for a morning, a few thoughts on 2012.
Summer is Great. Back to School is Better.
An examination of the words we use...and the ideas they expose.
The financial markets generally trended higher between 1982 and 2007. But the long wave of "boom" started to turn toward "bust" after that. This is not good news for the baby boomers.
Part two, leaving behind the medical, advancing to the academic.
As an advocate of Special Needs children, I am called on occasionally to explain how we got in the system...this is the story. It needs more than one part...so I hope you will tolerate the segments!
If you could rank your electoral choices, you could show support for a third-party candidate yet ultimately have your vote go toward a "winnable" major party candidate.
A ramble on how interest can make you miserable...
Busy mom takes a moment to relax in her garden
Just a musing on the wonderful world of the Web...
Democracy would be enhanced if people could participate more directly in the political process. But this is hardly possible when decisions are made in distant, hugely complex institutions of power.
Just a lighter piece, on being a pro-active consumer,,,,
The world of job seeking...when you've had a life, instead of a career.
Neither teachers nor state workers nor unions are to blame for the budgetary crises. Years of tax cuts for the richest individuals and tax avoidance by the big corporations are the culprits.
Tech tips and information to help keep you aware and secure against Identity Theft and Fraud when using the Internet.
Singing in the Rain?
This is about the global movement for Green politics. This new political perspective has been able to rapidly garner support in countries that have a Proportional Representation electoral system.
A few words on the current controversy of "breathing while Latin".
Musing on a word that has rubbed me wrong since first I heard the expression "tea party Patriot".
Our heads are just too much in cyberspace these days. Our attention is too much directed toward screens and not enough toward the "real" world of nature and local community.
This working mother is go go all year long - that is until the kids take over!
HEWYBL 12U All Stars have advanced to the Cal Ripken state tournament to be held in Washington Twsp. beginning July 14. Check out the action!
Just a ramble on modern expenses...