Tag Archives: Pennsylvania
Is Progress our most important product?
Lancaster Pennsylvania, west of Philadelphia, is home to some 237,000 Plain people, including the Amish, Mennonites and Brethren. These folks eschew modernity in favor of keeping the old ways and traditions. You’ll see them, if you visit, as I used … Continue reading
Posted in Costa Rica, Current events, Family, Life, Life abroad, Philadelphia
Tagged automation, Costa Rica, farming, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Plain People, progress, technology
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Starring on highways in Pennsylvania: fall foliage
One of the things I love about Pennsylvania is the smash hit that plays along a highway near you around the last two weeks of October, and runs until the last leaves fall. In this production there are no bad seats, and the ticket is always free. It can be a sad story, a reminder of mortality; or a joyous one, with the implicit promise of renewal; regardless, it plays to packed houses. Continue reading
Posted in Life, Philadelphia, Retirement, Travel
Tagged Fall foliage, Japan, Pennsylvania, Valley Forge
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