Sheldon Strober was born in Delaware Township, NJ and currently resides in center city Philadelphia. I have bought, sold and refurbished nearly a dozen houses. I loved working and living in them. They delivered challenge, comfort, beauty as well as handsome profits. Each project was a loving experience in which I cooperated and interpreted historicContinue reading “What is Home to Sheldon Strober”
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What is Home to Alice Sudduth
Alice Sudduth was born and raised in Monticello, GA and currently resides in Davidson, NC. I haven’t moved a lot in my life. I’ve spent most of my life in the southern US, mainly in Georgia and North Carolina. Most of my life I’ve lived in houses that are adjacent to wooded areas and IContinue reading “What is Home to Alice Sudduth”
What is Home to Karen Muldoon
Karen Muldoon was born in Philadelphia, PA and currently resides in Hampton, VA When I was young, home was always where my mother was. I took a long cross country trip in my 20s and when people asked me where home was I said “New Jersey” even though I had never lived there. My familyContinue reading “What is Home to Karen Muldoon”
Your Local Department Store
While there are chain departments stores that you can find in almost any city, there are those special local/regional ones that define an area. Where I am originally from, there were not only wonderful larger local department stores but some smaller ones as well. The larger department stores I am speaking of are Strawbridge &Continue reading “Your Local Department Store”
Sounds Familiar
Off and on we enjoy visiting Salisbury, NC, a small city/town approximately 40 miles from where we currently live. Salisbury is place rich in history and home to a wonderful main street and fabulous cultural facility called the Waterworks Visual Arts Center. On a fairly recent visit, I heard two sounds that, not to beContinue reading “Sounds Familiar”
How are We Defined by Where We Live?
Although I knew this all along, my friend Claudia defines herself as a life long resident of suburbia. The profoundness of this did not strike me until I read the statement on the back cover of her latest collection of poems. How could I have been so blind as to the meaning of this? TheContinue reading “How are We Defined by Where We Live?”
New Work: Diary of a Vegetable Farmer
This is a piece I have worked on off and on since last summer. For those of you who do not know me, I work as a vegetable farmer for a small commercial farm. The above work is an artist book consisting of four parts. Each part folds out into a section of three pages.Continue reading “New Work: Diary of a Vegetable Farmer”
On Attempting to Get Singing Advice from Art Garfunkel
Off and on I have studied voice. I do not know the technical name of the techniques used by my instructors, but I would guess classical training might be a fairly accurate description . The last time I decided to take voice lessons, I wanted to try a different technique but did not knowContinue reading “On Attempting to Get Singing Advice from Art Garfunkel”
The Local Landscape
When I moved to the south, I left behind what is known as Trash Can Snowstorms. Now some of you reading this know exactly what I am talking about but for those of you who do not, an explanation is needed. A trash can snowstorm is when you shovel out your car and then reserveContinue reading “The Local Landscape”
No Pink Flamingos
On our walk last week, we passed a dilapidated shed with a pink flamingo gracing its space. One of the members of the group commented that yard ornaments were not allowed in her neighborhood. Because I lived in a very old house in a very old neighborhood, it was not until I moved to aContinue reading “No Pink Flamingos”
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