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State of the Commonwealth

Posted on July 7, 2020 by Mike Slickster

On March 6, 2020, the first two cases of the coronavirus disease in the Keystone State were reported to be presumptive positive: one in Delaware County, and the other in Wayne County. It’s now week 17 since since the COVID-19 … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Allegheny County, Bald Eagles, baseball diamonds, Bucks County, Charlie Daniels, cliff, commonwealth, Coronavirus, COVID-19, crowds, Delaware River, denizens, Devil Went Down to Georgia, downplaying, Governor Wolf, Green Phase, Hawk Island, idiotology, indolence, July 4th, leader, lemmings, mask-less, masks, nose holes, observation, pandemic, Pennsylvania, Pennypack Park on the Delaware River, philadelphia, pie hole, Pittsburgh, political ideology, politically correct, politicians, reopening, responsible, revelers, RIP, selfish, severe uptick, smiling, social-distancing, threat, tirade, vigilant, Week 17 | 8 Comments

Making Up For Lost Time

Posted on June 28, 2020 by Mike Slickster

So this is the first tirade for June 2020. With my having taken a short sabbatical from penning any entries here since the end of May, allow me to make a short list of what we missed up to this … Continue reading →

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Life Will Go On!

Posted on May 17, 2020 by Mike Slickster

Week 10 of self-isolation has begun, although my staying at home all the time is not happening. I would have been taken away in a straight jacket by now, had it not been for outdoor trips to exercise in close … Continue reading →

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Please Throw This Dog a Bone Occasionally, Will Ya?

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Mike Slickster

Pennsylvania’s Governor Wolf extended the commonwealth’s “Stay at Home” orders for the Philadelphia area until June 4th. They were set to expire at midnight on May 8th, but no cigar. That’s not surprising to me. Philadelphia, Mongomery and Bucks Counties … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Adam Schlesinger, Andalusia, Andalusian osprey, apartment complex, barber, basking, black vulture, bone, border, Bucks County, camera equipment, car, Chris Cuomo, commonwealth, cool, cooper, Coronavirus, COVID-19, crating, deaths, deniers, development, dissing, duet, exercise, fake, flu, followers, Fountains of Wayne, friend, full Flower Supermoon, general public, Glen Foerd Estate, government officials, Governor Wolf, Hambone, Health, health department, hospitals, Illuminati, indoors, Jackson Browne, John Prine, mask, May flowers, Montgomery County, music, mutates, pandemic, parking lot, parking space, patients, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, photographing, Pink, plague, Poquessing Creek, post-pandemic era, posting, Prince Charles, restrictions, Rie Waits, safe, SARS-CoV-2, scouring, silent, song, Stay At Home Order, sunshine, support, suppress the masses, surprise me, threat, tinfoil hat, tirade, Tom Hanks, twitter, vaccine, virus, weekends, Wreck of the Hesperus, yellow zone | 2 Comments

Strange Days Indeed

Posted on March 28, 2020 by Mike Slickster

Into week three of my self-induced isolation—now lawfully mandated here in Bucks County, PA—I don’t foresee an end to this COVID-19 crisis anytime soon in the U.S., nor anywhere else in the world; although, the tide of the coronavirus disease … Continue reading →

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Into Week Two Of Self-Isolation

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Mike Slickster

New Jersey is now in the state of lockdown. The governor today ordered residents to shelter in place. All non-essential retail businesses must close until further notice. People are allowed on the roads only to shop for groceries, medicine, healthcare, … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged beer outlets, beloved, Bristol Borough, Bucks County, Changes in Latitudes-Changes in Attitudes, close, confirmed cases, coronavirus death, COVID-19, DelawareRiver, development, essential services, executive order, exercise, governor, Governor Murphy, Governor Tom Wolf, groceries, healthcare, Jimmy Buffett, liquor stores, lockdown, medicine, neighboring friend, New Jersey, non-essential retail businesses, ospreys, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania officials, post, practice, President Trump, public, residents, roads, safe sex, self-isolation, shelter in place, social distancing, Spring, Spring has Sprung, state, stay indoors, tweet, twitter, walking, wine stores | Leave a comment

Weekend Update: But This Is No Joke!

Posted on March 14, 2020 by Mike Slickster

Three cases of COVID-19 exist in Bucks County, PA, the section of the commonwealth in which I live. On March 6th, the first two cases of the Coronavirus disease in the Keystone State were reported to be presumptive positive: one … Continue reading →

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Groundhog’s Day at a Bald Eagle Festival

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Mike Slickster

Just got back from the Winter Eagle Festival in Cumberland County, N.J. The event took place at the Natural Lands Reserve northwest of Mauriceville, inland from the Delaware Bay. Beautiful marshland stretching far as the eye can see contained trails … Continue reading →

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Bird’s Eye View

Posted on March 10, 2018 by Mike Slickster

Found a new bald eagles’ nest today. I stopped by to see, perchance, if the Pen Ryn or Herringbone Lane ospreys might have made it back early. They’re expected this week sometime. Usually the fish hawks arrive on their migration … Continue reading →

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A Tribute for Labor Day Weekend from a Bygone Era

Posted on September 3, 2016 by Mike Slickster

Click here for larger photo As a topic for inclusion to these ramblings on this first week of September and apropos for Labor Day Weekend, my muse comes from the picture above found in recent photo files. It’s a drawing … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged 2016, American History, American Industrial Revolution, anthracite coal, barge, barges, Basin Park, bawdy-houses, boatload, Bristol, Bristol Basin, Bucks County, bygone era, dagnabbit, Delaware and Raritan Canal, Delaware Canal, Delaware River, Easton, end of summer, england, Grundy Mills, heat wave, King George II Inn, labor, Labor Day, Labor Day Weekend, local history, Main Line of Public Works, Mill Street, mini heat wave, mules, National Historic Landmark, new york city, PA, Pennsylvania, philadelphia, railroads, summer, towpaths, tribute, united states | Leave a comment

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Tag Archives: Bucks County

Life Will Go On!

Please Throw This Dog a Bone Occasionally, Will Ya?

Strange Days Indeed

Groundhog’s Day at a Bald Eagle Festival

Bird’s Eye View

A Tribute for Labor Day Weekend from a Bygone Era

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