Where have our manners gone?
From the Editor “Where are your manners?” my mother would exclaim if I got out of line as a child. That stern reminder would jolt me back to my senses, making me realize I wasn’t acting or speaking as I should. It was a simple, yet effective way to...A Senior’s Observations, Opinions and Rantings
Chicken Dippers continue their 54-year tradition Senior Moments By Charles P. Eberson It started in the early ’70s on the first Sunday in August. If the wind was just right and you lived in Ventnor, especially in Ventnor Heights, you would have awoken in the morning...Beach Reads with Marjorie Preston
By Marjorie Preston The Book of Love By Kelly Link 2024, Random House There is a disturbing, dreamlike quality to “The Book of Love”—a real/not real feeling where characters appear, disappear, and change shape, and memory and mystery collide. It opens as three high...The books that travel with us
By Bill Quain I was born in August 1952. I’m pretty sure that my parents did not bring me to the shore that summer. But every other summer of my life, I came to Ocean City. (There was that one year when I was serving in VISTA and couldn’t make it, but that’s a whole...Summer Wine Tour of Italy: Part 1
Drink Up! By David Setley Few things sound better than a month-long wine tour of Italy. For the next four weeks, I plan to be your tour guide, entertaining you with stories of the regions and wines of Italy and providing recommendations for you to enjoy. Let’s start...
