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•March 13, 2019
Golden Rules of Fishing
Centuries have passed since the original writings of Dame Juliana Berners in her book A Treatyse of Fysshinge Wyth an Angle, circa 1496. Since then, stories about fishing make for one of the most…
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•March 6, 2019
Nurturing Terrapins – and Compassionate Leaders
Five years ago, I began spending my summers in High Bar Harbor and became curious when I saw plastic pails in laundry baskets along the roadways. I subsequently learned that they were part of a…
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•February 27, 2019
Hooked on Books: The Stories of My Life
When I was young, I yearned for books. They were not a priority in my small family. Aside from an encyclopedia, there were no books in the house. There were newspapers and magazines. Our…
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•February 18, 2019
A Change Is Gonna Come
Being a child of the ’60s does not mean being part of a drug culture to me, or anti-government, or taking part in antiwar demonstrations, though those ideas and activities were certainly prominent. I…
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•January 30, 2019
The Seashore Gardener Never Rests
Even in the dormant season of winter, there is much that can be planned and accomplished in your seashore garden before spring. The Garden Club of LBI is dedicated to the improvement of planting…
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•January 23, 2019
Water Woes: Desalination Is the Perfect Solution
In the 4th century B.C., Greek sailors used evaporation to desalt sea water. Today, pleasure and military ships, cities and countries use the desalination process for their drinking water. Australia…
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•January 16, 2019
Gentle Loving Kindness: Gramma Taught Me Well
“You are an imp,” she said to the little boy.
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•January 9, 2019
Getting Through That SAD Time of the Year
What now? The holidays are over. Most of us are back to work and school with no break in sight. Nothing but cold, dreary weather ahead for the unforeseeable future. Don’t even get me started on the…
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•December 19, 2018
Angelo Takes the Christmas Tree Challenge
There’s nothing more appealing to a housebound cat than the Mount Everest challenge of a Christmas tree. I know this for certain because of a longstanding family story about a Christmas tree and a…
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•December 12, 2018
These Walls Can Talk: A Thanksgiving Family Discovery
I have all sorts of stuff up in the attic – everything from my aunt’s 1932 magazine article about the dearth of health care during the Depression to my son’s fourth grade school papers and my…
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•December 5, 2018
Preserved Lands Protect Clean Air and Water
“Forests are the ‘lungs’ of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people. The forests are also needed for mitigating extreme climatic fluctuations, holding the soil on the…
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•November 28, 2018
Diamondback Terrapins and the ‘Lost Years’
The diamondback terrapin is the only turtle on the U.S. East Coast that lives in estuarine waters. The larger juveniles and adults are known to spend the summer in marsh creeks and adjacent bays, but…
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•November 21, 2018
My First Turkey
It was a year of firsts. I’m not mentioning the date except to say it was a very long time ago. JFK was campaigning for the presidency. I had graduated from college, gotten married a few months later…
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•November 14, 2018
Fifty Years Later, Warm Welcome for Vietnam Vets
I wanted to let you know how much it meant to me to have my “family and friends” send cards during my Honor Flight trip to Washington, D.C., on Oct. 4.
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•November 7, 2018
Letter From WWI Veteran Like a Message in a Bottle
One afternoon about 20 years ago, when I lived in Florida, I stopped at the famous Haslam’s book store in St. Petersburg. A tall volume in the used book section caught my interest. It was titled…
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•October 31, 2018
Spotlight on Glow Sticks, Personally and Historically
Here it is – Halloween, costumes, parties, candy and … glow sticks!
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•October 17, 2018
Literarily Speaking: Books You Absolutely Must Read
Is it possible that we’re now actually in the midst of a popular rebirth of reading?
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•October 17, 2018
There’s a New Chill in the Air – Time for the Boots and the Birds
Something happened over the weekend, and it wasn’t pleasant for summer lovers. The good news is we got a lot warmer weather than usual and longer than expected. The bad news is when the warm weather…
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•October 10, 2018
Dear Turtle Trauma Columnist: You Are Not Alone
Dear Writer of Turtle Trauma Column (9/12):
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•October 3, 2018
105th Street Won’t Be the Same Without Shelbie
As I write this story, my heart is heavy with sadness due to loss of our forever dog friend, Shelbie. He has been the focus of several of my stories and his picture is forever posted in The…
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•September 26, 2018
Stretching Summer: Strategies to Combat Fall Angst
I know it can be “Better in September,” but it takes me several weeks after Labor Day to adjust to this wave of thinking. As with every other year, I’ve been in a funk since the end of August. Summer…
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•September 19, 2018
So It Begins – A New Generation to Share the Joys of LBI
I once began a piece for The SandPaper with these words: “I am alone now, dreaming of summer.”
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•September 12, 2018
Turtle Trauma
I’ve had the privilege of coming to Harvey Cedars on Long Beach Island with my family for the summer for 20 years. Last month I was out running and on my way back through Loveladies I noticed up…
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•September 5, 2018
Nautical & Nice: Our Beach House Dream
About midway through our final week of this year’s summer vacation, we found on the kitchen table of our rented Brant Beach duplex a little note written by our 7-year-old daughter, Dorian. It simply…
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•August 29, 2018
Remembering a Ray of Anti-Litter Light
Less than two blocks into my morning walk down Barnegat Avenue, I turned around, went back into my house and grabbed a plastic CVS bag. Lately, I had been noticing the same pieces of trash debris on…
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•August 22, 2018
Cinderella Story? Mystery of the Abandoned Shoes
The other morning after a usual busy summer weekend on LBI, I was on my morning walk/jog to filter out the old system, “toxins in, toxins out,” when I noticed a pair of unusually high-wedged shoes on…
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•August 15, 2018
Rock Star Grandma Does It Again!
Grandchildren sweeten the deal. My three are all teenagers now. They have been magical and mischievous since they were little. We always have fun together. I get them and they get me.
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•August 8, 2018
2018 Seashore Open House Tour on LBI Is a Sockfest
Ominous cloud formations and sheets of rain threatened the Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts and Sciences’ 2018 annual Seashore Open House Tour on Wednesday, Aug. 1. Homesadorned by designer…
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•August 8, 2018
A New Summer Celebration on Evolving LBI Is in the Making
As those who follow The SandPaper know, I have written many columns based on day trips accompanied by my daughter, Claire, to Long Beach Island, especially in the last eight years since my husband…
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•August 1, 2018
Bagels or Bowls?
Do you remember chicken in a basket? When I was a kid it was a popular menu item in several Long Beach Island restaurants. I couldn’t imagine what it was because my family didn’t eat out much. I…
