by admin | Dec 22, 2017 | Arts And Crafts, Events, First Person Stories
by Kathy Riley I had moved to the Lumberton campus in February 2016, and in September I agreed to be a resident vendor at the Craft Fair without ever having attended one. That gave me about three months to create an inventory and learn the ropes. The thought of...
by admin | Jan 17, 2017 | First Person Stories, People
The Living History project of Armed Forces Heritage Museum afhmus.org/ has an hour-long video of Ernest Kaufman telling his story. The YouTube link is youtube.com/watch?v=6mOVSAnEDkk A photo-essay about Ernest is on the MLRA website...
by admin | Sep 3, 2015 | Birding, First Person Stories
It all started this summer. But then again, in thinking about it, I suppose it really began last fall. It was a cold and rainy September morning as I sat reading in my sun porch. Suddenly there was a “thump” against the window and when I ventured out onto my deck to...
by admin | Mar 17, 2015 | First Person Stories, The Campus
Astonished by the lovely row of plants on the window sill, I reached for my camera. The trifoliate leaves were three inches across! Had I been mistaken all my life thinking shamrock was clover? Of course I went to Google and — if you’re wondering...
by admin | Sep 11, 2014 | First Person Stories
Previously Lumberton resident Pete McCord wrote about the Mockingbird on his roof. Now he writes about going mano a mano with a six-point buck. This morning on walking our woodland trails a large 6 point buck bounded toward me, driving a much smaller doe. When he saw...
by admin | Jul 27, 2014 | Events, First Person Stories, On The Road
by Maggie Heineman John Speirs, the one man with 24 women, sent me words and pictures for a summary of the July 25 bus excursion to Historic Mt. Holly. John wrote: “Who knew so much history was so close to Medford Leas? I did not. On a perfect day for an...
