Have you noticed how these Pandemic days just drag on and on and every day seems to be Monday? It’s getting harder and harder just to get up and get going. Here’s an idea! Let’s Start the day and the week together. We’ll meet interesting people, share new ideas, laughter and fun. Bring your own coffee, and […]
The King of Ka-ching Guests On Generation Gap
Tom Antion is nothing like your average multi-millionaire. I have to issue a disclaimer at this point to say he’s the only multi-millionaire I know. But Antion likes to say he’s never had a job in his life, and yet he’s called the King of Ka-Ching – even his phone makes that sound – because […]
Susanne Bacon on Generation Gap
This month, The Suburban Times’ columnist and author Susanne Bacon is the special guest on the Generation Gap podcast, available on the internet now and until the end of time. This show, hosted by Dorothy Wilhelm, explores the “Generation Gap.” The term describes how young and older people seem to inhabit very different worlds, that are separated […]
DuPont’s Dorothy Wilhelm to host a good news Zoom Houseparty
Zoom Houseparty, is a new audience participation virtual event which launches on Sept. 23 at 2:00 hosted by Dorothy Wilhelm. The show was inspired by the idea that there’s just too much bad news on the air these days. Zoom Houseparty, will feature extraordinary, upbeat, funny, entertaining and always with ideas for good things to eat […]
Mr. Madison, meet Mr. Chief Justice new podcast available
“I will say this for my dear friend, Alexander Hamilton,” said President James Madison. “He got things done!” In this case Cambridge resident Bil Lewis, who channels the Fourth President of the United States for schools and special events throughout New England, was speaking for his counterpart in a new podcast available this week. Indicating with a hand below his […]
The Last of the Octopus Wrestlers
In the late 1950’s and early 60’s, the Giant Pacific Octopuses that live in Puget Sound became television stars as World Champion Octopus Wrestling took the stage. All eyes, literal and electronic turned to the Pacific Northwest. There was the story of a giant octopus that lived beneath the Narrows Bridge. Closer to home, Ron […]
Backstory: Sixty-fifth Mothers Day
A story on this morning’s news says that I could have kept the Stimulus check issued last week to my brother. I wrote in last week’s News Tribune column that the check was a big surprise because he died a year ago. Apparently, according to Nina Olson, executive director of the Center for Taxpayer Rights, […]
A Drive-By to Remember
As the cars pulled around the corner from McNeil Street onto our circle, a lady in a nightie ran out onto the upstairs balcony of the second story condo, waving her hands and shouting, “NO! NO! Go back. He’s in the bathroom!” The cars made a second circle and when they came round again, the […]
Baby Kellyn Fights Brave Battle Against CHD. He’s Winning
Congenital Heart Defect Awareness is spotlighted during February, American Heart Month. I didn’t even know about this condition that affects 1.35 million infants every year worldwide. It is the most common type of birth defect in the United States, affecting nearly 40,000 births a year. But then I received this email from little Kellyn Kohler’s […]