2015 - CLOSE UP Video Interviews

“Spite” fence goes up

A tall chain-link fence recently appeared dividing the narrow walkway between two buildings on Germantown Avenue in the posh Chestnut Hill shopping district in northwest Philadelphia. And now, next to…

December 28, 2015

ANIMALS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

Bee boys skeptical about flow hives

Bee Boy Ryan Williamson is happy for any technology advancement that raises the profile of beekeeping but has reservations about the so called flow hive with preformed plastic combs. New…

October 15, 2015

Children Games Sports

Shaking heavy ropes

At the Mount Airy Village Fair, Urban Athlete trainers challenged passersby to try to shake two heavy ropes in undulating rhythms and sustain it for a minute. Not easy! Watch…

October 4, 2015

Elderly Funny RECREATION

Enthusiasts whack pickleballs on game’s 50th anniversary

Aficionados gathered on Saturday at the Water Tower Recreation Center in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia to play "pickleball" to mark the sport's half century mark. The sport, a…

September 22, 2015

CARS AND VEHICLES Sports Young Adults

Girl softballers wash cars

The Impact girls fast pitch softball team in Roxborough hand washed cars, including your correspondent's not-too-dirty sedan, this past Saturday on a pay-what-you-want basis to raise money so they can…

September 22, 2015

CARS AND VEHICLES HOBBIES TECHNOLOGY

Air stunts with RC Helicopter

A pilot friend introduced Patrick years ago to the hobby of flying remote controlled miniature helicopters. He got hooked and now flies a high end German model. At the Allens…

September 17, 2015

ANIMALS DISABILITY Elderly

52 paws delight nursing home residents

Marjorie Shoemaker brings her "Paws of the Spirit," to nursing homes and other venues. Her passel of animals include an easygoing white Labrador retriever service dog named Archie who, she…

September 10, 2015

CHESTNUT HILL Education HEALTH

Hygienist removes tartar – and invents!

Dental hygienist Kara Hershey assiduously removes tartar from your correspondent's teeth while more than holding up her end of the conversation and guardedly discloses her ideas for inventions that she…

August 27, 2015

Books Children Death

Grandson learns Yiddish

Your correspondent was staying with an old Quaker friend in Maine and her 11 year old grandson came over one evening for an overnight visit. The grandson had decided…

August 17, 2015

ANIMALS ART Education

Hog Island Highlights and Humor

Your correspondent volunteered in the kitchen for two weeks this summer at the Audubon Society's nature camps on Hog Island, some skipping stones length off of Bremen, Maine in Muscongus…

August 9, 2015