On Monday night my neighbor and I headed down the the river to see what we could see. It had been a brilliant blue day but as evening arrived a thick bank of clouds rolled in, accompanied with strong winds. The river was choppy and almost devoid of traffic, but the sky was filled. Around…
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After the storm
On Wednesday I was up in my ABCNJ office when a massive storm tore through the area. I was soon getting reports of a possible tornado in my town, and was quickly in contact with my family. After a few texts I learned two things. First. The schools were both ok, though the lights flickered…
Context is key
I didn’t get a chance to do so, but I wanted to take one of the police officers aside yesterday and ask how weird to felt to sit back and allow people to have a firefight1 right in front of them. They were good folks, and managed the crowd well, even when they had to…
Nerding, historically
Today my wife volunteered to help host the open house at the Indian King Tavern. It’s an important site for New Jersey history in Haddonfield. When the Patriot legislature fled Northern Jersey for the South, it met in it’s long room. In that space it adopted the seal for the newly organized state and formally…
Down the shore
I’m not much of a “beach person.” I love body-surfing waves and reading for a few hours, but the idea of sitting out in the sand all day while the Sun beats down is not my idea of a good time 1. On the other hand, I love the Jersey Shore. It’s sounds, smells, and…
Shipping Lane
Note My apologies to any of my regular readers1 who were expecting to catch up with Welcome to The Valleys today. It was a three-day weekend in the US and I simply didn’t have the mental energy to sit down and write2. Don’t worry, Jeremy and company will be back tomorrow 3. Living along the…
