A wonderful diversion, when we needed it
We are living in a world of such chaos. Devastating hurricanes and fires, threats of war that could change life forever. And that’s just in our country. The same issues […]
Category Archives: Shippensburg
Seven years of blogging
7 years ago (2/11/10) I started to write a blog, mostly about a small business I did for a while. Life got in the way and I didn’t continue that […]
An amazing thing……..in small town, America
I pulled into the parking lot at a little shopping center in our little town. Usually there are quite a few cars there since there are several popular stores in […]
We love our history here
The other day I took a tour of one of the oldest buildings in Shippensburg. And what a fascinating tour it was! What was originally Widow Piper’s Tavern, built in […]
Ahhh, Small Town America
Small Town America is a good place to be. It’s nice to block off the main streets and have vendors come from all over to sell neat things. It’s nice […]
Historic snow storm
Yesterday it snowed. Yea it did, actually started the night before and snowed hard all yesterday into last evening. They say it broke the record for the biggest snow storm since […]
It’s Fair time!
We have a great Fair here. It’s the 58th year, so something about it was always right. It’s also the largest bi-county Fair in Pennsylvania, since the town sits in […]
Community support for the victim of a senseless crime
There is a man in our small community who mostly everybody knows, but hardly anybody knew his last name till a few days ago. His name is Ralph, 57 […]
Very old Bibles
At Shippensburg Historical Society, we have so many interesting historical items. http://www.shippensburghistory.org/ A lot of our collection is paper, which of course deteriorates from being exposed to sunlight. Because […]
The doctor’s office, 50 + years ago
It all looks a little scary in light of what we recognize as a medical facility today. But me, being old(er), I can remember these types of things in my […]
