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Weekend Wanderer: And I Pretend to Pray …
Despite the rollator drama, things with Willie have been uneventful. Don’t get worked up. My saying that isn’t going to jinx anything. Willie has seen to that. I was visiting Willie a few weeks ago. I did my usual — brought her a skinny decaf vanilla latte with extra whip that Willie thinks is a sweetened, caffeinated vanilla latte with extra whip, brought physical…
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Weekend Wanderer: She Told Me to Walk This Way
Needless to say, Willie loves drama. I could give you links to specific columns, but really. If you pick one Willie-looking column in the above link, you’ll get a taste of what I’m talking about. Indy was using a rollator at the time of his death. When he passed, Willie announced she could no longer walk without a rollator. Just…
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Inside Weddings at Manufacturers’ Golf & Country Club in Fort Washington
Some wedding venues promise a smooth day. Manufacturers’ Golf & Country Club is built for it, from the layout of the property to the way events are run. Set on rolling land in Fort Washington, just outside Philadelphia, the club gives couples a setting that feels distinct and a process that holds together. When couples…
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Weekend Wanderer: The Problem with ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘RoboCop’
One of the nerdier things I participate in is Biblioventures through The Rosenbach, a Philadelphia museum for literature lovers. Biblioventures is a free, online series. Each season, the Rosenbach picks a book. One chapter, section, or story is assigned per week. Then, a Rosenbach staffer and a guest host a live YouTube session every Monday to discuss the assigned reading. Listen. This isn’t even the nerdiest thing about me.…
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Having Tough Conversations with Your Kids About the News
There is so much information constantly flowing into families’ lives about the state of the world, with daily news headlines that have the potential to create distress. Children hear about what’s going on in the world through social media, friends, or adult conversations. But news headlines aren’t always about news; they’re often about what will get…
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Weekend Wanderer: That Mess Is Not Mine
I came home from visiting my oldest at college to find my youngest — home alone for days — had cleaned the dishwasher filter. I was gobsmacked. How did he know the dishwasher even has a filter to clean? I mean, sure. I regularly tell him to scrape his dishes so the filter doesn’t get clogged with macaroni noodles. That it’s a gross job…
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Weekend Wanderer: Elegy for Sea Moss
I am not a social media trend follower. I am, however, a follower of celebrity gossip. I can remember my grandmother dishing with me about celebrities when I was a kid. One evening, my grandmother and I sat down to an episode of Falcon Crest. “Jane Wyman,” my grandmother said, “used to be married to…
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Elmwood Park Zoo Wins National Award for New Veterinary Center
Norristown’s Elmwood Park Zoo continues its transformation into a premier regional attraction, earning national recognition from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, writes Justin Heinze for Patch. The zoo has received the prestigious Facility-Innovation Award for its Frank & Paige Engro Veterinary Health and Welcome Center, which officially opened in June 2024. The award honors…
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Weekend Wanderer: That’s Not My Stuff
Years before I moved Willie into assisted living, I helped Indy and Willie pack up their house for the move to the Temple of Doom. Packing up a two-story, four-bedroom house inhabited by, at times, as many as seven people over 50 years is daunting if I’m generous, impossible if I’m not. Willie and I agreed our best course of…
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Where Montco Parents Are Booking Indoor Kids’ Birthday Parties
Planning a kids’ birthday party in Montgomery County doesn’t have to mean stress, weather worries, or a trashed living room, according to Becki Melchione from Mommy Poppins. A roundup highlights several standout indoor party spots across Montco. They offer everything from high-energy play to hands-on creativity, all designed to keep kids entertained and parents sane.…
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Weekend Wanderer: I’m in a Gerard Butler Hole
It started innocently enough. One day, late in 2024, I was surfing my streamers for something to watch. I wanted something new, something I could follow with, say, 82 percent of my attention — yet never miss a beat. A thriller, maybe, or something with explosions. Netflix suggested London Has Fallen. Well, I’d seen Olympus Has Fallen. And I do love London. …
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Weekend Wanderer: A Contest with No Winner
My physical therapy orders indicated I had a Colles fracture. So I Googled it. Fracture of the wrist, usually from falling on an outstretched hand. You don’t say. Colles fractures, my Google search said, can take three months to a year to heal. Um, what? Three months? To a year? Each website I clicked through made the same prediction. They also said…
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Weekend Wanderer: Do I Exist?
I remember how disturbed I felt reading Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. The eponymous characters felt so untethered. With no real idea of why they were in Hamlet’s story, or how they came to be there, the question of their existence shifted the ground beneath my feet. Yeah. I am now Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Oh my…
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Weekend Wanderer: Is That Where the Antlers Go?
If you’ve been with me for a minute or two, you’ll know my husband is quite outdoorsy. And that I am not. I don’t know how, but it works. Maybe because he’s been in the woods for a week and I’ve happily watched Robocop for and all of Presumed Innocent. Robocop is the ’80s version, not the 2014 version. And Presumed Innocent is the 2024 version, not the ’90s version. The ’90s version is better. …
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Weekend Wanderer: I Watched “A Man on the Inside”
“I need you to watch A Man on the Inside,” my best friend texted me. “I feel like it’s Willie.” Now, I take any recommendation she sends me. She did, after all, turn me on to the idea of discarding my pants once I’m home for the day. No, I still haven’t gone entirely pants-free. But I am in leggings and a cuddly shirt by about…
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Weekend Wanderer: I’m Filthy
We agreed we’d talk about showering with a broken arm. Well, we agreed I’d talk, you’d read. Yes, we did. Let’s just get something — as Aaron Sorkin might say — out on the step for the cat to lick up. I shower twice a day. Yes, I know that’s bad for your skin and blah, blah, blah. This is just the way it is. …
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Weekend Wanderer: Two Christmases
Like most of us, I assume, I sometimes snuck into bed with my parents as a kid, after a nightmare or ghost story I couldn’t shake. I also had a tendency to sleepwalk right out the back door. But that’s a different story. I’d curl up, toasty and safe in my parents’ unwitting, dormant embrace. Eventually, Willie would awaken, or Indy would. They’d scoop me up,…
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Weekend Wanderer: The Rules of a Broken Arm
There is so much wisdom to be gained from a broken arm. Refrain from breaking your arm chief among that wisdom. I’m going to impart some of that wisdom to you, a spin on the grandmotherly adage to always wear clean underwear. We’ll take it on a timeline because you really have to get crackin’ if you’re planning on breaking your arm there, my friend. …
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